Word: sparingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME, April 13). As punishment for having commandeered six precious seats for himself, his wife and four children-all bound for a Hawaiian holiday-Platt was bounced out of his job as commander of the MATS terminal at Tachikawa and fined $340. Coincidence: the fine covered (with $7 to spare) the cost of 1,650 gallons of gasoline that the plane jettisoned before it landed back at Tokyo...
...tanker-transport (the military version of the Boeing 707); Lear instruments are also used on the French Sud Aviation Caravelle jet airliners, but so far major U.S. commercial lines have hesitated to buy. Their reasons are that Lear's record for quality control, service and stocking spare parts has fallen short of the ingenuity of his inventions. Said one major airline executive last week: "If he got his standards up, he could put everybody else out of business...
...talks took place, there were new reports that more invaders were coming from Cuba. Panama promised to spare the lives of the invaders if they laid down their arms...
Rollert, who likes to play chess or golf in his spare time, is faced with a real puzzler in Buick. No one knows why the '59 Buick has done poorly. Automen guess that it is too radically styled, too low and hard to get into, has a cramped back seat. In any case, Rollert starts with one big advantage over Ragsdale. Ed Ragsdale took over when Buick was at its peak. Ed Rollert's Buick has hardly any place...
...gathered city officials, businessmen and workers to pay homage to "the Henry Ford of the light aircraft industry." His name: Dwane L. (for Leon) Wallace, 47, president of Wichita's Cessna Aircraft Co. A skillful management pilot with a frame (6 ft. 2½ in., 160 Ibs.) as spare as a wing spar and a face as weatherbeaten as a crop-duster's, Dwane Wallace was celebrating his 25th year with Cessna. There was a great deal to celebrate...