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Aboard the ship were 960 passengers headed for a "Cruise to Nowhere," an increasingly popular vacation trip in which passengers are promised a nonstop party aboard a floating hotel. Although the America's owners, Venture Cruise Lines Inc., offered some cabins for $149, nearly $100 cheaper than its competitors, the company advertised facilities "as complete and luxurious as any cruise costing two and three times the price." Among the amenities were bars, a discotheque and a casino with blackjack tables, roulette wheels and slot machines...
...romance between the hero and Co-Star Julie Christie, who communicate largely through passionate eye contact, the heat of which has not been felt since Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh met in Gone With the Wind. From beginning to end, for kids and adults, Heaven Can Wait is nonstop ?and blissfully uncomplicated?pleasure...
...Jerome Robbins broke up the anonymity of the old musical chorus line, Baryshnikov has livened up the role played by the corps de ballet, giving many of the 50-odd dancers at least some individuality. Several brief solos, small ensembles or fleeting bits of stage business make for nearly nonstop action. For the A.B.T. corps it must be an exhilarating ballet to dance...
...jets, both coated with Teflon to fight the corrosive effects of salty coral runways, hop among Micronesia's six island airports on Truk, Kwajalein, Yap, Ponape, Majuro and Palau. It is a measure of the region's isolation-the nights range up to 1,451 miles nonstop-that no plane travels without a mechanic and spare parts. Says Captain Lee Minors, 43, who prepped for atoll landings on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Hornet in the 1950s: "This is the last place in the world where flying is fun. No fancy strobe lights or air controllers...
...order had other, less controversial effects. The President gave permission for new direct transatlantic flights to Europe starting from eleven U.S. cities, most in the Midwest or South; only ten cities had previously served as gateways to Europe (see map). He granted TWA the right to fly nonstop to Europe from Pittsburgh, Denver, St. Louis, Cleveland, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Kansas City, Mo. Northwest Airlines, which had no flights to Europe, picked up unused Pan Am rights to fly to Scandinavia from several cities across the nation. Delta Air Lines, which until now has been primarily a domestic carrier with...