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...historical drama, not a Profile in Courage, but a reportorial thriller of seventy-nine days in the winter and spring of '70. It is set in the same Senate with many of the same Senators who are presently refueling for a second fight with the SST...
...supersonic transport, which, after a leisurely subsonic flight from Prague, touched down with its 26 tires threadbare from many high-speed landings. Though the Russian SST made its first test flight more than two years ago, it had not been previously exhibited for Westerners. It quickly became the star of the Paris show...
...than 44 tons or transporting 200 passengers. During French Premier Pompidou's opening speech, only a few officials on the speakers' platform appeared to be listening. Everyone else was gawking at the MIL-12 as it was towed gently into position next to the droop-nosed Russian SST...
...salesmen in attendance, the Soviets were clearly ready for business. That is a departure from their traditional posture at the biennial show, which they have regarded in the past as merely a showcase for their new technology. This year could be different. With the U.S. out of the SST race and having trouble with the Lockheed L-1011 airbus, the Russians may finally be in a position to take advantage of their growing potential in commercial aircraft sales...
...taking firm positions on the air; yet once, faced with a guest who defended U.S. policies in Viet Nam, he ignored the rest of his guests and argued against the war. In his most publicized flap, he succumbed to pressure from ABC and the White House and put an SST proponent on the air unopposed. But with skill, and unconcealed anger, he fenced off his argumentative guest's attempts to turn the program into a full-fledged debate...