Word: orderings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite Paul's reforms, he saw the church being weakened by the dramatic departure of thousands of priests from the ministry; he called the exodus his "crown of thorns." Many of the priests left in order to marry, but Paul firmly resisted the suggestion that the centuries-old tradition of priestly celibacy be made optional. He extolled the celibate life as "the precious divine gift of perfect continence." Still, he left the door open for a successor to move further. He permitted the ordination of married deacons, who could exercise many ministerial functions, and he conceded the possibility...
...than the stretched version of the 727, which has similar capabilities. In a sense, the Airbus is the finest American plane that the Europeans could build; its highly efficient engines are produced by General Electric. The Airbus Industrie consortium has sold 157 Airbuses to 16 airlines, and the largest order, for 23, came from Eastern. In 1974, President Borman began begging American planemakers to build a weight-saving twinjet, but they dallied. Next, a new-generation Airbus, designated the A310, will be a direct competitor to Boeing's planned 767. Already the new Airbus, which seats 200 and has most...
...Boeing has bagged the biggest order: a $1.6 billion bundle from United. In the past, such a big deal by United would have sent American, TWA, Eastern and others rushing to place their own orders and thus secure favorable delivery positions. And they would have been crowing about how they were going to create the biggest, all-new, best-everything fleet in the world. So what happened this time? Nothing?so far. U.S. airline chiefs are playing a wait-and-see game. They claim that they will not order new aircraft simply as a reaction to this summer's sudden...
...sidewalk under makeshift plastic tents while it rained all week. On Thursday, with conditions worsening every hour, the British Civil Aviation Authority moved. The strict regulations rationing sales of low-fare tickets were bent, allowing airlines to use up their August, September and October stand-by quotas now in order to get stranded Americans home. Still, it will take weeks to move...
...supersonic is being developed at present. The Anglo-French Concorde, of which ten are now flying, is such a fuel-gulping money loser that no more are on order and five have been left unsold. NASA and U.S. planemakers are still conducting supersonic research on a modest scale, but an American SST is not expected before the 1990s, and then only if the world economy is buoyant...