Word: pan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...festive mood continued that evening at a jubilant white-tie state dinner at the White House. On hand once again was a large complement of notables, including Comedian Bob Hope, Singer Pearl Bailey, Dancer Fred Astaire, Auto Executive Henry Ford II and his wife Cristina, and Pan American World Airways Chairman William Seawell. Without specifically mentioning the Mayaguez affair, the Shah congratulated the President "for the great leadership and the right decisions that you took for your country." The state dining room rang with applause as the Shah lifted his glass of Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc to Ford...
...military hardware, including the F-16 fighter jet and Air Force planes equipped with a new airborne warning and control system. He is intensifying Iran's already close ties with the U.S. in the private sphere as well. Final agreement is expected soon between the Tehran government and Pan Am on a $300 million deal in which Iran will loan the debt-ridden airline $245 million and also gain a majority interest in the prosperous chain of Intercontinental Hotels that Pan Am owns. "Your country has been of great help to us," said the Shah to Ford. "That...
Company watchers say that the decision signals no fundamental change in Pan Am. Chairman William Seawell has set the company on an austere course, cutting not only routes but personnel. The atmosphere is a far cry from the days of Pioneer Trippe's preeminence. Even after he resigned as chairman in 1968, nominations to the board were routinely submitted to Trippe for approval; he preferred men who cut an elegant figure, either romantic or old-school-tie. Foremost among them: the late Charles Lindbergh...
...chairman will need it. The loan negotiations with Iran appear to be in trouble. One reason: the Iranians demand that General Ali Khademi, chief executive of Iran Air, also be added to Pan Am's board...
...watery supernaturalism. It is one thing for Kelderek and his primitive fellow tribesmen-a few skeptics to the contrary -to believe the bear is a god, quite another for author and reader to pretend to believe it. This pretense is what Adams insists on, and it smacks of Pan worship, that Victorian silliness in which refined city dwellers pretended that they glimpsed the wicked, goat-footed god as they strolled through an orderly countryside...