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...million appropriation recently approved by the House. After passage, the technical task of getting the U.S. supersonic program off the ground will fall to Halaby's hard-nosed deputy, Gordon Bain, 54, a former vice president of Slick and Northwest airlines. Under Bain, the FAA will select an airframe company and enginemaker to build a supersonic transport, then oversee the project until the planes are certified as airworthy and delivered to the airlines...
...heat precooked portions quickly; Manhattan's La Fonda del Sol uses one to warm up tortillas. The newest Hilton hotels also have ultrasonic ovens to make their food service faster. Tad's steak-house chain (eleven restaurants) has set up an experimental restaurant in Manhattan, where customers select complete meals from freezer chests, bring them to their tables and pop them into individual ovens that heat them up in about two minutes right by the tables. The chain plans to set up a string of these restaurants and prepare all its meals from one central commissary. Armour...
Strength & Grace. The troupe is small and select, a circus minimus with only 63 performers chosen from 7,000 who tour Russia in multiple subdivisions of the state circus. The performers are young, graceful, good-looking, and built like red bricks. Mixing biceps and ballet, with an orchestra adding swatches of Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian, their show might well have been called Brawn Lake...
...clothing can be confusing. The wide variety of makes, cuts, weaves, and patterns presents an enigma to the prospective buyer of a suit. As a result, he will often remain in a rut. Yet, with a little background, the uninitiated can differentiate quality products from inferior ones and can select clothes that are both smart and congenial...
Project Tanganyika is unique because it is organized entirely by students without any professional help. Leaders select participants largely on the basis of interviews with alumni of the program. All future teachers then undergo a training program throughout the spring before they leave. They participate in Swahili classes, a course in teaching method at the School of Education, and several discussion groups...