Word: plane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most part, the piece glows with an inner, radiant simplicity in which elements of the contemporary harmonic and rhythmic language are mingled with sureness and originality-of a different scope certainly, but at least on an equal plane, with the kind of deeply thought-out stylishness that characterized Brubeck's jazz work at its best. "I am quitting at my peak," said Brubeck of the quartet's disbandment, and Light in the Wilderness bears this...
...next morning, a few hours before taking a C-47 cargo plane to Da Lat, I found Mike waiting outside the IVS compound with a green duffle bag of things for me--insect repellent, army-issue boots, socks, shorts, and--hold on--an M-3 45 cal. machine gun and 2 clips of ammunition, something that looks like an auto mechanic's grease gun and, in fact, is called a grease gun. I declined everything except the repellent but I was genuinely touched by his concern for my safety. We exchanged APO addresses and agreed to take...
...President's Plane Is Missing, Serling...
...touch distinctly recalled 18th century Versailles. But in the jet age, sailing by flower-bedecked barges to a make-believe Cythera will no longer do. It must be by plane, with champagne corks popping all the way. The destination can be anywhere - Acapulco, Moscow, Marrakesh. Last week it was Nassau, and for today's féte galante it was no moody grotto but the brand-new $55 million Paradise Island Hotel. Still, a touch of magic was called for, and the wand that summoned all the Beautiful People to court was held as usual by Serge Obolensky...
...Grand Metropolitan hotel chain have added Paris, Brussels and Gothenburg, Sweden, to a "mini-weekend" shopping special that has already become a hit in Amsterdam. From The Netherlands, it offers travel by train and ferry, plus two days' lodging in London, for $37-less than a round-trip plane fare. Even better news for hard-pressed Britain is an upsurge in foreign orders for British autos. British Motor Corp. expects to increase its deliveries to Europe by 5,000 cars this month. To meet that demand, B.M.C. is switching one-third of its home-market production to export models...