Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...20th century Spartan state. There is thus a powerful impetus for making peace with Syria in order to have army reservists discharged and the economy return to normal. Another burr of discontent-and spur to negotiations- is the desire to get back the 65 Israeli prisoners, plus the jet pilots shot down last week...
...short season leaves only Wellesley, University of New Hampshire and Princeton on the docket for the lax-women. The Wellesley match is slated for today at Wellesley, and the UNH contest will be held later this week behind the Watson Rink. The 'Cliffe squad will jet to Princeton for its last match on Saturday...
...World War II G.I.s to Pearl Harbor commemorations every December. But as with much else in the land of rising statistics, the Japanese effort appears to be much bigger, or at least more zealous. Last year about 6,000 Japanese toured World War II battlegrounds. A Pan Am jumbo jet last month brought 300 pilgrims home from Saipan, Guam and Tinian; another 400 will soon be leaving on a cruise ship for the burning sands of Iwo Jima, where no fewer than 20,000 Imperial troops died in combat. Later this year, other battleground pilgrims will visit Mindanao, Leyte...
...Cunard, the memory will not be so pleasant. The cost of the leaking fuel line in mid-Caribbean-including fare refunds, the Sea Venture charter, salvage fees, jet fares, lay-up in a Bermuda drydock and canceled cruises-may even exceed a cool $2 million...
...Aeronautics Board for the first subsidies they themselves have received since the 1950s. In separate petitions, the two lines contended, in effect, that without federal help they will go broke combating two trends: a drop of about 5% in passenger traffic and, far more damaging, a breathtaking rise in jet-fuel bills that has raised the cost of refueling as much...