Word: swaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...demanded that Randolph Hearst ransom his daughter by giving free food to California's poor in a program that could have cost as much as $400 million. When the publisher spent only $2 million, said the document, the S.L.A. became disillusioned about his intentions and never offered to swap prisoners...
...teams he cared about only marginally. But he could not bring himself to part with the A's. His resolve to keep them is stronger now because of a possible deal to move the team to Chicago next season. The American League is trying to work out a swap that would involve selling the White Sox to a Seattle syndicate, bringing the A's to Chicago and rechristening them the White Sox. Finley would like nothing better than wheeling and dealing for a hometown club. "Hell, we'd have 2 million fans come see us here," he says...
...problems, but both evidently suffered increasing frustration trying to deal with them. Caught without sufficient long-term fuel contracts, TWA has been forced to pay more than competitors United and American for kerosene to operate its fleet of 230 jets. Early this year, in a swap with Pan Am, TWA surrendered all of its Pacific routes in return for a handful of new routes to Southern Europe, two of which (to Nice and Barcelona) TWA has so far elected not to fly. Meanwhile, the recession has reduced the number of filled seats on the airline's flights...
...when he will turn 65. Tillinghast will now almost certainly stay on for a while to bridge the transition to a new management. One pressing issue facing the next chief will be whether to take back the Pacific routes and thus become a global carrier again when the route swap with Pan Am expires within the next two years. Trans World seems likely to continue losing money this year, though its monthly deficits may be smaller. In hopes of bringing a fresh approach to bear on the airline's myriad problems, the board will probably go outside the company...
...less adventurous swap barbs by mail, using lists and catalogues published by barbed-wire associations. Hollis Gordon, a retired welder from Independence, Mo., wrote to government leaders in foreign countries. His collection includes strips from Korea, Nationalist China and a specimen used in France during World...