Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eastern hopes that the Airbus will prove as popular with passengers in America as it has proved in Europe. There, the plane's eight-abreast coach seating and smooth ride have given it the nickname "the poor man's 747." Before buying it, however, Eastern wants to be certain that the Airbus will match under U.S. operating conditions the economies reported by European airlines. Airbus-Industrie claims that the plane's two huge fan jet engines are terrific fuel conservers, burning approximately 25% less fuel per seat-mile than do the three engines of such competing jets...
DIED. Jan Garber, 82, bandleader known for his mellow dance music; in Shreveport, La. Garber, who formed his first band at the age of 21, blended saxophones, played with what musicians call a "nanny goat vibrato," guitar and muted brass into "sweet with a beat," a smooth style that was highly popular in ballrooms and on radio during the 1930s...
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker composed smooth lyrics for Aja, proving you can combine meaningful lines with structural jazz. In "Deacon Blues" they make us privy to the business of their new album...
...coach, Benninger is saddled with teaching the multi-flex offense to freshmen gridders so that they will be able to make a smooth transition to the varisty ranks. Many players come from high schools that rely on a "five-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust" offense...
While all of these factors are probably involved in the food shortage, Butterfield only hints at a significant one: the country is undergoing a transition to peace after three decades of war, and such transitions are rarely smooth. No one blamed the postwar food shortages in Germany on "government mismanagement"--certainly the Allies rushed in with aid. Blaming Hanoi for the problems it now faces seems, at best, somewhat narrow-minded, coming as it does from a citizen of the country that destroyed vast areas of South Vietnam's once-fertile fields...