Word: jumboes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crimson safetymen John Tyson and Tom Williamson, both very sharp in the first two games, will feel a little more pressure when Ballentine starts to open up than when Jumbo quarterback Ed Sevetz took...
Lovingly restored plantation house, possibly the oldest on the Mississippi. Chef Nick Mosca serves all the New Orleans standards, plus some dishes of his own, notably jumbo shrimp in a hot, garlicky wine sauce...
BOAC wanted to commit $154 million toward the purchase of six Boeing 747s, the jumbo jet (up to 490 passengers) that will go into service in late 1969. The government gave BOAC a go-ahead. Already under fire because its British-made equipment has developed maintenance bugs, BEA asked that it be allowed to buy $224 million worth of Boeing 727s and 737s, both relatively short-range but highly economical jets. BEA got turned down cold...
...manufacturers and retailers who resort to deceptive labeling, packaging and pricing devices. Armed with a slide rule to make her point that every shopper needs one, the "guardian of the gullible," as Mrs. Peterson styles herself, invades supermarkets throughout the nation to document such casuistic come-ons as the "jumbo quart" (exact volume unspecified), the "25?-off" special (off what?), and the "all-new" product (only the price is). Among her particular bêtes noires are the "giant-size" box that contains more air than substance and the practice of pricing by fractions, whih forces the consumer to decide...
...year after Boeing begins its deliveries. But Lockheed's facilities are presently committed to fulfilling the Pentagon order for the military transport jet. Douglas Aircraft has designed a DC-10 that is roughly the equivalent of Boeing's 747. Now that Pan Am has ordered its jumbo jet, competitive U.S. airlines such as TWA and United have little choice but to follow suit, and it is possible that Douglas or Lockheed will land a contract from some of them. No matter what happens to Douglas and its DC-10, it has already taken orders...