Word: panning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...June 1975 DiNicola found himself in the incongruous scenario of participating in a badminton tournament in the Camp LeJeune arena where the boxing team usually fought. Spinks happened to walk in just after having returned from boxing in the Pan-American games. That meeting between Spinks in his Everlast trunks and DiNicola in his badminton whites proved to be their last to date. Of course, DiNicola did send his old teammate a telegram right before the bout wishing him luck...
Meanwhile, Pan American unfurled its "Round the World in 80 Days" fare, which will be offered on a stand-by and reserved-seat basis beginning March 17. Travelers on stand-by will pay $999 for economy class, a discount of nearly 45%, and are permitted eleven stops within 80 days anywhere in Pan American's global network. Passengers with reservations, which must be made 30 days in advance, pay $1,199 and are allowed unlimited stopovers...
...vaudeville circuit, went to Hollywood, where his waggish ways and round, jovial face won him more than a hundred supporting roles. Playing a happy-go-lucky buffoon, he worked in such films as Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields, The Affairs of Annabel with Lucille Ball and Tin Pan Alley with Alice Faye. A consummate ogler, Oakie could steal a scene by simply looking at a girl's legs...
None of that helps Pan Am, which has let its once enormous political power decline while Braniff has developed potency with Carter's Sunbelt constituents. The loss of any international route hurts Pan Am especially because it has no domestic service to supplement its foreign business. The airline pointed out that no department of the Government found any foreign policy reason for denying it the run from Dallas-Fort Worth to London. But the only opinion that counts is the President's, and according to several reports, he traded the award to Braniff for the votes...
...Denver Broncos and their loyal, long-suffering fans. The Broncos had been the door mat of pro football ?13 straight years before they fashioned a winning season. But with more true grit than could be found in the poorest prospector's pan, Denver fans turned out to cheer their team. The Broncos have sold out every home game played in the '70s, and every year the list of masochists ordering season tickets grew by the thousands. This year, the faithful finally struck the mother lode, division title, American Conference championship, a berth in the Super Bowl...