Word: panning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sallow, discontented expression became familiar to audiences when he appeared in a series of films. The movies varied from An American in Paris through Humoresque to the Gershwin bio Rhapsody in Blue, in which he played himself. In a sense, that was his perpetual role: the man whose pan was not dead but dying -of pain distinctly complicated by ennui. It was a role that he later expanded in three autobiographies and a series of TV talk shows with his long-suffering second wife, June...
...level French civil servant, has up to now moved steadily higher because he has proved an apt and loyal troubleshooter for Pompidou. That, presumably, is precisely the quality Pompidou desires at the head of the Common Market Commission. Britain, West Germany and Benelux fear that as successor to hearty Pan-European Sicco Mansholt, Ortoli will favor Pompidou's cautious approach to European integration, pressures for an EEC "political secretariat" in Paris, and insistence on strict independence from...
...players generate a sparkly and engaging atmosphere, as they run the gamut from pure kneeslapping comedy to bawdy jokes and nude appearances. Pan and Cupid swing rosy-cheeked down from thereafters, babies are eaten alive, a sexy maiden is transformed for punishment by Juno into a credible cow with amazingly bovine expressions, a jive-ass-hipster Zeus with greaser shades trysts with earthling maidens, and the verdict is pronounced upon Narcissus. "The sucker came up from inside of him, and that's a rumble nobody can cool...
...number of lines, including American, BOAC, TWA, Pan American and Delta, have had to pull engines out of service. Pan Am normally repairs one or two engines a month for second-stage blade malfunctions but so far in July has had to work over twelve engines at New York's Kennedy Airport. Supremely conscientious about safety, Pan Am in some cases has had to transfer passengers to another of its planes or even another airline. Passengers have had to change planes lately in Teheran, Lisbon and Frankfurt...
Travail. Meanwhile, the repair bill is climbing; it averages $100,000 per engine. Fan-related repair costs this month have cost Pan Am alone some $1,200,000. Pratt & Whitney's engines are covered by such a complicated warranty that lawyers may become rich arguing over how much of the repair will have to be paid for by the manufacturer and how much by the airlines...