Word: panning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They had a reputation for poor quality and maintenance." That perception gradually changed. By 1987 some 360 of the medium-range A300 (up to 375 passengers) and the A310 (250 passengers) were flying under the banners of 58 airlines around the world, including such U.S. carriers as Eastern and Pan...
...allowed Cubans to build, buy and sell private homes on the open market, two of the touches of capitalism that he has permitted to take root in 28 years of rule. TIME Correspondent Laura Lopez visited Cuba with an American delegation from Indianapolis, host city for this year's Pan American Games, in which Cuban athletes will compete. Her report...
Baseball has also seen the emergence of players who were once considered "flashes in the pan." They are now the superstars of the late 80's. Who would ever think two years ago that Toronto's Jesse Barfield would lead the majors last year in homeruns with 40? Who would have said that Dodger second baseman Steve Sax would hit .332 in 1986? Or that Kirby Puckett would bang out 31 round-trippers...
...emergency exits. Accomplices erased from airline computer systems all records of the flights made by the couriers who carried the drugs from Brazil. Since 1981, the ring may have smuggled $1.5 billion worth of cocaine through J.F.K. Last Tuesday narcotics agents arrested 40 people, including 23 present or former Pan Am employees, eight from Eastern and two from Delta. But, says New York City Special Prosecutor Sterling Johnson, "I have no doubt that this is going on in other airports and other airlines. Drug smugglers are limited only by their imaginations...
Individuals, corporations and even Uncle Sam himself are, to put it bluntly, in hock as never before in history. Time' s Board of Economists warns that the debts, while still manageable, threaten the economy and the future welfare of every American. -- Pan Am, desperately seeking survival, considers putting its shuttle up for sale. -- London' s messy stock- trading scandal...