Word: rans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home...
...wonder that anyone would want to buy the "Mickey Mouse airline," which is what patrons of Air West call the Western states' regional carrier. Its turboprop planes are notorious for late arrivals and departures, and the company is losing cash nose over wingtip. It ran up a deficit of $3.6 million in the first nine months of 1968. For all that, Hermit Billionaire Howard Hughes eagerly snatched up Air West on New Year...
...anti-Hughes forces were relieved when Mallory Randall Corp., a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of plastic containers, stepped forward with an alternative bid, offering to swap shares worth some $109 million. Then, only seven days before the Hughes offer ran out on Dec. 31, Northwest Airlines made an attractive stock-swap proposal. Air West's routes would tie in perfectly with Northwest's, Henry argued...
...naked bulbs dangled from wires, handles and racks fell off in passengers' hands, and plumbing and soundproofing were erratic. Though some of the finished public rooms were beautifully furnished in suede and velvet, many rooms showed misguided efforts to cater to an unhappy estimate of American tastes. Decor ran from motel modern to floating Howard Johnson's. One Cunard official tried to explain the limp bill of fare: "What we are trying for is decent middle-class food. We are not pretending to be the equal of big, first-class London or New York restaurants." By contrast, ships...
Three freshmen--Samuel Z. Goldhaber, James T. Healy Jr., and Thomas Price--charged in December that the elections were held without sufficient publicity. The three ran as write-in candidates, claiming that they did not find out that they were eligible to run for SFAC until too late to file petitions to appear on the ballot. The write-in votes were not counted by the Freshman Council, which certified the elections...