Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Aside from quarreling over who "lost" Iran and Nicaragua, many in the Carter Administration would agree with Kissinger that there are great risks in pulling the rug out from under a longtime client without a plausible, acceptable successor well positioned to take over. "It's an unhappy fact of life," observes a White House policymaker, "that destabilizing our friends is a hell of a lot easier than destabilizing our enemies, and undoing a friendly regime that we have lost patience with is a lot easier than putting it back together again." So some of the men around John...
...large part of the challenge is to distinguish between viable authoritarian regimes and ones that are doomed, especially among those the U.S. relies on to protect regional security. Where is the status quo best sustained, and where is it a lost cause? When should the U.S. stand by a client, despite his internal regime, and when should the U.S. begin to distance itself from him? In the context of statecraft, these questions are neither moralistic nor cynical. They are a matter of differentiating between those with whom the U.S. must live and those who will try to cling...
...friend Terry McEwen, a top executive of London Records and general director-designate of the San Francisco Opera, senses a new maturity and security: "He knows the public loves him for himself, not only for his voice. If he lost his voice tomorrow, they would still love him. He could go on performing, he could be a different kind of star." That is a mind-boggling thought for the operatic mind. Could Pavarotti's ultimate destiny be to replace Johnny Carson...
...controlled by Investors Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. and Robert Kanzler, the Boston-based airline carries some 500,000 passengers annually. It operates at a loss for most of the year but gambles on cashing in during the summer, when traffic triples. Despite federal subsidies of $3.7 million, it lost $2 million on revenues of $21 million in 1978, and does not expect to do much better this year...
...employees-augmented in the peak season by 100 often inexperienced summer employees-to the quirky booking system. Reservations made through other airlines often are not entered in Air New England's computers. Many passengers complain that even if they book directly with Air New England, their reservations are lost or simply not honored. Because so many flights are sold out in advance, or just canceled (even in good weather), travelers routinely reserve seats on several flights. One result: overbooking, at least on the large Fairchilds, averages 25%. In fact, Air New England's booking problems have risen...