Word: pans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reached $15 million, but Abu-Haidar needs even more money if he is to fulfill his dream of a round-the-world cargo route. The run would include Los Angeles and New York; to get landing rights in those cities, Abu-Haidar would make a trade that would let Pan American bring its all-cargo service into Beirut. "If they don't agree," smiles Abu-Haidar, "there might be a certain delay in Pan Am's plans as far as Beirut is concerned...
Apart from horse-trading between governments, Abu-Haidar hopes that Pan Am might also have a sentimental reason for agreeing to U.S. landing rights for Trans-Med. Four years ago, Susan Leslie, daughter of a Pan Am vice president, met Abu-Haidar during a visit to Beirut. Friendship blossomed. She was even more impressed on a safari to Kenya; Abu-Haidar, on crutches from a skiing accident, nevertheless managed to bring down a rhino. They were married in Scarsdale, N.Y., now live in Beirut with their two children...
...skeletal story had to be fleshed out. Scenarist Eleanor Perry and her director-husband Frank (who made David and Lisa) have done so by turning the gothic into the baroque. A little boy cannot be a symbol of innocence by himself; he must be playing a pipe like Pan. To give Merrill's mental anguish an exterior, a vanilla-colored, bikini-clad girl companion is added. To increase the audience's anguish, Merrill is made to out his hand on her stomach and quote The Song of Solomon: "Thy belly is like an heap of wheat." The line...
...popularity of air travel went up and fares went down, Trippe's early prediction that aviation would make neighborhoods out of nations was largely fulfilled. Today, Pan Am flies into 86 countries on six continents along a route system covering over 80,000 miles. A privately run line that draws much of its competition from government-owned foreign carriers, Pan Am has grown from an original stake of $300,000 into a company with assets of over $1 billion and revenues that last year reached a record $950.2 million...
Campione figures that Aerhotels will get most of their business from the new 450-passenger jumbo jets. Following the trend started by TWA, which shuffles packaged tours into Hilton hotels, and Pan American, which feeds customers to its Intercontinental chain, Aerhotels will serve Alitalia travelers...