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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contagion of his own confusion"; 2) the Administration has "dulled" the nation as to the U.S.S.R.'s strengths and the U.S.'s weaknesses with "sugarcoated half-truths"; and 3) the U.S. has developed a way of life in which truck drivers, bricklayers and factory workers are often better paid than professors, in which "an Elvis Presley makes more than the President...
...commercial standards, the TU-104 has many shortcomings. Underpowered for a big jet, it has a range of less than 2,000 miles. It lands fast (up to 150 m.p.h.) on weak brakes, often overshoots runways. It gulps so much jet fuel that it would probably break a private line. But the Reds want prestige rather than profit, are willing to let the state-owned line fly in the red for years to come...
Zhigarev rules a rigidly controlled bureaucracy. So tight is his grip that a station manager in Vladivostok sometimes has to seek approval from Moscow-4,000 miles away-to effect changes. At the same time, Aeroflot is so disorganized that its 27 territorial boards print separate timetables, often in the local language, to the consternation of passengers who must change planes on a long trip...
High Fares. Aeroflot's fares are high: 11.3? a mile on flights inside Russia, v. the 8.6? charged by Western carriers for trips within Europe and only 5.3? for domestic U.S. flights. Passengers have trouble buying tickets in advance, since flights are often reported fully booked because clerks hold out large blocks to satisfy any last-minute demand by Soviet VIPs. A foreigner can usually wangle a seat at the last moment, even if a nontitled Soviet citizen must be bumped just before takeoff. In flight, meals are heavy and ordinary, include Georgian wines, vodka and cognac. The piston...
...blend of Bohemian bluntness and Bronx cheer. But she can manage emotion too, and inner perception, and suffering she wants to conceal. In a far weaker part-being virtually a straight man in comedy scenes, and a rather literary talker in serious ones-Actor Fonda can only, very often, be adroitly dull...