Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seemed to triumph over her burdens in concerts that were a kind of cathartic theater of the young. Her exuberances, her frenzies, her "highs" set off chain explosions in the audiences. The quart bottle of Southern Comfort that she held aloft onstage was at once a symbol of her load and a way of lightening it. As she emptied the bottle, she grew happier, more radiant, and more freaked out. The spread of the feet grew wider, the stomp more frantic. The flopping mop of hair did its best, but could not completely hide the tightening grimace of the face...
...their "revolution airstrip." "It was a fantastic sight to see the three jets shimmering against a backdrop of endless sand," he reported. The Palestinian commandos themselves were in a state of near hysteria. "There was chaos on our arrival. Our photographer was relieved of his film by a Jeep-load of grisly characters bristling with Soviet weapons. Everybody was ordered out of the cars, then everybody back in. A young guerrilla who was acting as the information officer shrieked at us: 'No pictures! No photographs! You will be disciplined!'' ∙ The situation was hardly more stable...
...rates would turn out to be the real thing rather than a temporary flutter. Last week they got a strong sign as the bond market passed a critical test. On a single day, New England Telephone and Telegraph and International Harvester simultaneously floated issues totaling $275 million, a financing load that in almost any week earlier this summer would have depressed bond prices and sent interest rates soaring again. Somewhat to the surprise of underwriters, nearly all of the bonds were sold promptly, and interest rates stayed down...
Passenger traffic is rising, but as new routes and jumbo jets add capacity, the critically important "load factor"-percentage of seats occupied-is dropping. The jumbos themselves are well filled and efficient, but they are drawing passengers from the smaller jets. In the first seven months of this year, TWA filled only 47.2% of its seats, down from 50.3% a year earlier; American's load factor in early 1970 was 49.6% v. 50.1% in 1969. Airline costs of all varieties are climbing at an accelerating pace. TWA's costs for rental and construction of ground facilities have gone...
...some businessmen, Rome's traffic commissioners have established seven "pedestrian islands" in historic locations like the Trevi Fountain and the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. In these areas all motorized traffic is banned, and drivers must leave their cars on side streets. Shops, restaurants and cafes can load and unload trucks between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Most citizens are delighted: they can actually stroll safely about their famous squares for the first time in years...