Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shelton started firing, and others started quitting. Last week Lange was seeking $1,000,000 to launch a new regional magazine. Atlanta had a new editor, Norman Shavin, who agrees with Shelton that the magazine needs more "balance." Which seems to mean that the old, controversial Atlanta is dead. If so, its obituary might borrow a phrase from Publisher Shelton, who feared it had become "an anti-Establishment magazine published in the bosom of the Establishment...
Dougherty proposes to jet up there on an impromptu rescue mission, despite the imminence of Hurricane Alice. Meanwhile, back at the launch pad, biting their lips behind the control panel during all this are the astronauts' wives, who await an even more vital decision: Which of the trio will sacrifice his oxygen to save his buddies? The wrangle between Control and Dougherty is reminiscent of the old I'll-take-the-biplane-up-you-stay-here-and-marry-Jane disputes. But then, so is the whole plot...
...address, the President is expected to emphasize his determination to alleviate such domestic ills as deterioration of the environment and inadequate supervision of profit-making concerns that abuse consumers. But how much more money can be diverted from the defense budget-the only obvious source of massive funds-to launch costly new domestic programs is uncertain. The Democrats in Congress, too, are well aware that they could suffer politically if they fund new programs while inflation spirals...