Word: planes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first visit to the States, I was taken there and, like Little Audrey, I laughed and laughed. I have seen the wonders of the Far East and marveled at the Pyramids. I have champagned at the Folies and, in the days of our Empire, flown in a Vice-Regal plane. But nothing, simply nothing will ever surpass the sheer deliciousness of my first evening down on the Block...
...during talks in the President's Camp David retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, agreed to lift his ultimatum. The "spirit of Camp David" was short-lived. Just before another summit conference in Paris in 1960, Khrushchev announced that the Russians had shot down an American U-2 spy plane. Not only was the conference canceled; Ike's planned trip to Russia was vetoed as well, a personal humiliation. The uncertain performance of his Administration, which clumsily lied and backtracked before Eisenhower himself claimed responsibility, marked the nadir of Ike's White House years, and the unhappy memory was only...
...testicles swollen to the size of a large grapefruit." His ear is attuned to the poignant quote, such as the plea of a starving boy who approached a priest and asked: "Father, what is happening to my body?" He lets unadorned facts convey his anger. After a Nigerian plane bombed a civilian marketplace, Churchill noted that "there were so many unattached feet, hands, legs and arms that it was impossible to tell to which body they belonged...
...avoid the marriage-like pitfalls of quartet life, the players follow many of Sasha Schneider's helpful guidelines. They rarely socialize together during off hours; on tour, they try to avoid the same train or plane, and often stay in different hotels. They also divvy up business responsibilities: Steinhardt handles travel, Dalley is in charge of money, Soyer manages overseas tours, and Tree is the program chairman. "We're just like a corporation," says Steinhardt. "We work together, but must we play together?" When they try, it can cause trouble. Last year Steinhardt broke his own self-imposed...
...delay gave opponents of the SST time to rally their forces. They question whether the Government can afford to underwrite 85% of a $2 billion plane at a time when urban needs are so pressing. Lately, some top airline executives, worried about how they are going to pay the bill for-and then fill with passengers-the $5 billion of subsonic jets already on order, have quietly suggested delaying the project. Other objectors argue that the SST will be the noisiest and most nonproductive luxury transport ever built. In reply, General William Maxwell, the FAA's Director...