Word: majority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...business executives flying to conferences aboard $3 million corporate jets, to affluent ranchers surveying their lands, to various weekend wanderers seeking relaxation or adventure. Last week there naturally rose urgent demands for greater separation of the commercial air giants and the pygmies, higher proficiency requirements for private pilots entering major airports and a speed-up in the use of new electronic systems to warn pilots automatically when they are on collision course...
...avoid that, a few Congressmen have in the past vainly proposed legislation banning light aircraft from major airfields. It now seems likely that there will be more such bills, and they may get more serious consideration. Some safety experts support such a segregation of aircraft. "You just can't have complete freedom of movement for all and total safety," contends James Gannett, a senior engineer test pilot for Boeing. "You've got to put the big guys in one place and the little guys in another." Most airline pilots, unwilling to bully their lesser brothers, are not necessarily...
BOSTON--Negotiators for the typesetters and the two major Boston newspapers yesterday reached a tentative contract agreement...
Wages, working conditions and electronic typesetting equipment were the major disputed issues. The typesetters have been working without a contract at both newspapers since the beginning of this year...
Before they can take any major actions, the committee members must wait for Rosovsky to appoint more members in the next week or two. Only two subcommittees--for Expository Writing and the math requirement--now have all their members...