Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former members of this group, concerns the partnership between a gossamer-clad nymph called Life and skeleton in black named Death. In one sequence, Death, reclining on the Brooklyn Bridge, extracts a cigar from his voluminous cape and looks around for a light. He flicks a convenient jet into the path of another airplane and casually lights the stogie from the crash. Eventually, the great green scaly three-mouthed mumbling monster God shows up for the final summing-up, sends Life and Death off to run another planet, and pronounces, "You're on your...
...Defense Department conflict-of-interest rules. The officers accepted invitations to spend weekends shooting duck, geese and quail at Northrop's leased hunting preserve near Easton, Md., even though the company, a major defense contractor, is currently angling for a multibillion-dollar contract to build 800 F-18 jet fighters for the Navy...
...Curly Smith, 53, a native Oklahoman, is now a land developer in Boulder City, Nev., living "mighty fine"?enough to pilot his own Lear jet. "I'm a very practical person," he says. "I found that with TM I could take life's pressures better. My mind was clearer, and I had a better disposition. The darndest thing about it is that all you have to do is say your mantra twice...
Gerald Ford's blue and silver jet had landed at the remote Bayside Coast Guard facility of San Francisco International Airport at 10:16 that morning. As he emerged after a pleasant weekend stay at the Monterey home of U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Leonard Firestone, the security lineup was impressive: Secret Service agents, highway patrolmen, military police, county police and a special San Mateo County S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) sniper squad with rifles and camouflage gear. As the motorcade headed into town, every overpass was guarded by two officers with rifles at the ready. A security helicopter chopped overhead...
...billion. Moreover, the government will make no contribution next year to the Venezuelan Investment Fund, a state-operated venture that funnels capital into such projects as shipbuilding. Last year the fund received $3 billion. But austerity has its limits: President Carlos Andres Perez has just ordered a new presidential jet costing $12 million...