Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military side, the Egyptian President knows that he cannot realistically expect the massive aid Washington has been giving Israel-especially as the U.S. approaches an election year. Sadat would, nonetheless, like sophisticated defensive weapons: patrol boats for the Mediterranean coastline and the Suez Canal, the F-5E "defensive" jet fighter, and the TOW wire-guided antitank missile, which Israel used effectively in 1973 against Egyptian tanks in the Sinai. He will not ask Washington to stop aid to Israel, but he will reiterate a request that it not heat up the arms race by giving Jerusalem advanced weapons like...
...still No. 1 with the jeté set, but at 37, Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev may be feeling a bit creaky of knee. Friends report that he has considered an acting career, and the aging dancer has been showing up at a London studio to cut his first record. Nureyev, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1961, read the title role of Stravinsky's L 'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) in lightly accented English. He then described his trepidation at leaving his silent art even temporarily. "I usually don't have the courage...
...into the black, Pan Am this year has slashed costs drastically. It has cut its jet kerosene fuel bills $30 million, largely by dropping unprofitable flights, and laid off more than 2,000 employees-or about 10% of its work force. Pan Am's third-quarter profit also reflects savings realized because of route swaps concluded with TWA and American Airlines earlier in the year. Those swaps eliminated head-to-head competition in flights to more than a dozen major overseas cities. In the fast-growing mid-Pacific market (California-Hawaii-Hong Kong), Pan Am has added flights...
...journey got off to a rocky start when engine trouble grounded Wallace's chartered jet for ten hours in Newfoundland. Wallace was noticeably weary when he finally arrived in London early Monday morning. But with his usual cockiness, he drawled: "I've been up two nights now and I feel fine." He apparently wanted to demonstrate that his stamina had not been impaired by the paralysis that confines him to a wheelchair...
...Diego, the Emperor also met scores of Japanese Americans, whom he praised at one point for "withstanding many difficulties" in the U.S. At week's end the imperial couple flew on to Hawaii, where they planned to spend three days touring and resting before they board their jet this week for the long ride home to Tokyo...