Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...carriers: 5.28 cents to fly a passenger one mile last year, vs. the industry average of 8.6 cents. He was overly blithe as he pushed his company into Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, the territory of two major rivals, Delta and American. People gained size but it failed to gain strength...
Perhaps isolation caused by strength and location allows us to be the way we are. We are so powerful that we can get away with hurting innocent people, because the repercussions will be minimal. Our location distances us from the victims. We do not see what happens to them, and honestly, few Americans care. And, as in the case of Italy with Libya, we are often times not the country that will most likely receive the consequences of our action...
Warfare is about to become a part of the ever expanding service sector of the Pan-American economy. Instead of relying on our own industrial strength, made-in-America troops, President Reagan plans to hire cheaper, foreign models to fight the war he wants fought in Nicaragua. But there's sure to be some job openings for Americans in servicing these troops and perhaps, for the more adventurous, in waging...
...rich, he's mighty--small wonder that J.R., the industrial- strength lord of Dallas, is both a universal figure and a universal symbol of America. So it is that in Britain, Larry Hagman often has to sport a fake mustache. On one trip to Italy, the man who plays "Gei Ar" ducked into his Milan hotel room for some peace and quiet, only to find it crowded with Hagmanic paparazzi who had crawled in through the window. "I can only stay for a day in one place," he explains. "People come up to me everywhere and say, 'I have...
...scene, from city council sessions to school basketball games. Blessedly free of boosterism, the Star often casts a critical eye over its own backyard. It is small newspapers like the Star --independent in tone, enterprising in coverage and devoted to exploring local issues thoroughly--that exemplify the grass-roots strength of American journalism...