Word: plane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After weeks of fierce lobbying, Carter's plane sale looked ready...
...there was no guarantee of what effects a weekend of fierce lobbying might produce-it would be an impressive victory for Carter, given the energy and passion that have been expended on the plane deal. Or. rather, on one aspect of it: the sale of 60 F-15 fighters, considered to be among the world's most advanced interceptors, to Saudi Arabia. Carter's original proposal also included the sale of 15 F-15s and 75 F-16s to Israel, and 50 less sophisticated F-5Es to Egypt. In the eyes of the country's vocal...
...that stretched southward in every direction, the diminutive (5 ft. 3 in., 130 Ibs.) explorer planted the Japanese flag on the pole. The next morning, jubilant members of his support team, who had made five airdrops of supplies along the way, landed beside him in a small plane. Uemura, 37, was full of apologies for taking two weeks longer than he had anticipated to make the grueling journey. Said he: "I'm awfully sorry I was delayed, but I finally got here...
...case, was the first to title his account of the crime The Train Robbers. The principal distinction of Piers Paul Read's similarly named book is that its author is also a record holder of sorts. In 1974 the paperback rights to Alive, his bestseller about the Andes plane crash victims who survived on protein obtained from their dead comrades, sold for $1.2 million. It was, at the time, the most ever known to be paid for a new book...
This is especially apparent in foreign policy. Despite some gaffes, Carter has taken essentially the right line on the Middle East. But he has had little support from Congress, and his sensible plane package-the proposal to sell advanced fighters to the Saudis and Egyptians as well as to the Israelis-is running into furious opposition, marshaled by powerful and relentless Israeli political pressure. In the relatively minor but troublesome tribal quarrel over Cyprus, Carter seems sound in wanting to lift the arms embargo on Turkey. But Congress is mesmerized by the tiny Greek lobby. Carter certainly mishandled the neutron...