Word: spares
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being a vaudeville ham to serve steak to the stars; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Russian-born Chasen became a favorite with audiences as Comedian Joe Cook's dizzy straight man in the '20s and '30s. When vaudeville declined, he opened a six-table chili-and-spare-ribs joint in Beverly Hills. Chasen's show business comrades-among them, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford and W.C. Fields-became loyal patrons and helped build Chasen's into show biz's most glamorous beanery...
...force told TIME last week. "The Viet Nam War is over, so now we are supposed to buy surplus remodeled F-5Es. Admittedly they are cheaper than the French Mirage [$1.6 million each, compared with $2.2 million for the Mirage], but this is just a hooker to sell expensive spare parts later." In fact, France has already sold more than 500 Mirages to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela...
...also helping to protect valuable sources of much needed fuel. At the same time, the U.S. would be reducing the chances of either country shutting off oil supplies to the U.S of their own accord. If they become as reliant on the U.S. for weapons (and the training and spare parts that go with them) as the U.S. is dependent on them for fuel, the pipelines are likely to remain open. In short, the politics of oil (TIME cover, April 2) seem to be emerging, at last, as a major factor in U.S. Middle East policy...
...would have on the development of the SST. The French and British have had scant success in selling their enormously expensive Concorde (cost: $46 million apiece). The Russians clearly had hoped that the Paris show would boost the TU-144, which is not only cheaper ($23 million including spare parts) but also more economical to operate. That hope went down with the plane. It will take months to determine whether supersonic travel itself is still a dream or a reality...
...said the friend jokingly. "Do you happen to have a spare ounce of coke [cocaine]?" "I'll call you back," said the executive tersely. Minutes later he called-from a pay phone in the hall...