Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam. The AH-1G Huey-Cobra, a waspish two-man whirlybird with a top speed of 219 m.p.h., can pack a 4,000-round-per-minute machine gun, a grenade launcher and 76 air-to-ground 2.75-in. rockets. Faster and deadlier than any other helicopter in use in Viet Nam, the Cobra is also far safer for pilots. For Viet Cong gunners it is a tough target indeed; it has been slimmed down to a svelte 36 in. (v. 100 in. in the old Huey gunships) by seating the pilot and copilot one behind the other instead...
...submit to random curbside "Breathalyser" tests, blowing their breath into 8-in. glass tubes containing alcohol-sensitive yellow crystals. If the crystals turn green, the next stop is the police station for a blood test or urinalysis. Anyone showing a reading of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood faces almost certain conviction and a maximum penalty of four months in jail, a $280 fine and a one-year license suspension. Since the level is so low that some people may reach it after only two beers, Britain's millions of pub crawlers face the choice...
Driving to Jail. Britain is joining a whole host of other European countries that, faced with the world's highest alcoholic-consumption rates and a staggering number of auto accidents, are cracking down on driving after drinking. In France, which has the world's highest per capita consumption (28 quarts of pure alcohol per year) and a test similar to Britain's, driving under the influence now carries the maximum penalty of a three-year license suspension, one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Belgium and The Netherlands have also enacted sobriety laws reinforced...
...that "El Birdos," as Cepeda calls them, can't afford four wheels of their own. The victory meant a fat paycheck of $8,900 per man, v. $5,600 for the Red Sox. Something else too. Just before their homeward-bound jet took off from Boston-and as the first of 8,000 welcomers arrived at St. Louis' Lam bert Airport-a surprise message was telegraphed from the White House inviting the Cardinals to stop over in Washington for a presidential reception. Owner August A. Busch Jr., an old L.B.J. pal, regretfully declined. Wired Gussie: "Our fans...
...Scala, the fabled, 189-year-old queen of the world's opera companies, made its first appearance in North America last week at Expo 67. For per formers and audiences alike, the event turned out to be a compound of agonies and ecstasies...