Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rival Shuttle. Laker is confident of making a profit; to do so, he will have to fill an average two-thirds of the 345 seats on each flight during the summer rush. Pan Am and TWA, which hope to attract some of Laker's customers, are sure to offer some rival shuttle of their own, or at least cut-rate stand-by seating on regularly scheduled flights. Some other transatlantic lines may do so too -but not Laker's state-owned competitor, British Airways. British authorities do not plan to grant British Airways a Skytrain-type license...
...rush to approve the drugs has overwhelmed objections by the FDA, which, since the 1962 thalidomide scare, has been required by law to license only substances that are scientifically proved to be effective as well as safe. But the FDA can control only drugs that cross state lines; the states are free to license those that are manufactured and used within their boundaries in spite of federal disapproval. In fighting against the drugs, federal health officials have suffered from their loss of some public respect following the false swine-flu scare and the FDA'S proposed restrictions...
...Tape. The conception by Italian Stage Director Filippo Sanjust was appealingly natural and gimmick free. He does, regrettably, have a tendency to rush his chorus on for its big moments, then get rid of it in a hurry. Despite a few intonation problems in the high range, Soprano Patricia Craig of the New York City Opera made a soulful Lisa. The Italian soprano Magda Olivero brought her legendary stage authority to the role of the Countess, although there is not much left of a once distinctive voice. As the obsessed Herman, Jack Trussel was the highlight of the show. Here...
Heidelberger, 60, proprietor of a 40-acre spread called the Musket Ranch and Trading Post, began collecting used tires before World War II. He sold his original hoard for a penny a pound in the wartime rush to find desperately needed rubber supplies. The war ended, but Heidelberger's passion for tires did not. Today, after more than 30 years of relentless collecting, he figures he has between 8 million and 12 million. His tires cover ten acres, rise to a 40-ft. peak and are a local landmark...
James Taller, Bob McCarthy, Beverly Rush--Passim...