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Like another former Vice President, Richard Nixon in 1968, Mondale is reaping the reward of years of faithful speechmaking at rubber chicken dinners for party candidates throughout the country. Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, a leading liberal, made a splash in June by endorsing Glenn as the more electable candidate. Shortly before, in Michigan, a state with more delegates, Mondale quietly signed up 139 elected Democratic officials, including Governor James Blanchard and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young. In Pennsylvania, which has a potentially important April primary, Mondale can count on so much help from the regular Democratic organization that...
...With a splash of purple-worded publicity ("breakfast in London . . . predinner swim at Waikiki"), U.S. commercial aviation last week made its long-awaited move to jet-propelled aircraft. Pan American World Airways signed contracts for 25 Douglas DC-8s and 20 Boeing 707 four-jet airliners. It was the first deal to buy U.S. commercial jets. Total price: $269 million, the biggest in airline history. The deal is certain to be followed by purchase orders from other carriers. National Airlines is expected to sign for six DC-8s on which it took a verbal option last August. For the traveler...
...about the psychology of flying and the status competition among pilots." One suspects Wolfe's phrase is now poised for an even deeper and broader penetration into the common consciousness. For The Right Stuff, which many people thought could never be turned into a movie, is about to splash down in the nation's theaters. And despite a glitch here, a malfunction there, a triumphant landing it is likely...
...like to make a big splash this weekend while the media attention is on us," Weir said...
Camps that cater to adults are making a summer splash...