Word: traveled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congressmen were not the only ones who felt the need for travel and information. In Des Moines last week, 17 Iowa farmers rounded up by the American Farm Bureau Federation plunked down $1,500 apiece for a four weeks' flying trip to Great Britain and the continent. Said 58-year-old Otis Tuttle of Norway, Iowa: "I am satisfied it will be worth the chips. It might wake us up to the fact that America has a responsibility over there. If Europe isn't brought back on its feet, it will be just too bad for America...
...American Airways, is experimenting with a new trick to speed up Britain's lumbering transports: nonstop Atlantic crossings with midair refueling over the Azores from 'tanker" planes. While Britain bumbles along, smaller nations with bright new U.S. planes are catching some of the cream of world air travel...
Certain statements attributed to me are completely unjustifiable. For example: "Dr. McFarland concludes that modern planes . . . are . . . a generally unsatisfactory means of travel." Further on: "The airplane itself is a menace to health, McFarland thinks." The article is concluded: "Anyway, 300 m.p.h., he thinks, is plenty fast enough." These statements do not represent my views and I doubt that they can be substantiated or inferred from the book [Human Factors in Air Transport Design] unless statements have been taken out of context or distorted by the reviewer's own interpretation...
Notorious Negativism. "An avenue which Catholics might travel under the tutelage of the Freudians is the genetic approach. Our traditional psychology is largely philosophical and based upon an analysis of traits common to adults. It has little to say about the distinctive stages through which man passes to maturity. Accordingly, our ethical training is too often ill-adapted to the developing child and adolescent since there are big lacunae in our differential psychology of the child and adolescent...
...prohibits railroads from granting loans, the railroads have lined up banks in every important U.S. city to finance the plan. Beginning Sept. 1, passengers will only have to step up to the nearest ticket office to apply for a travel credit covering the fare and such incidentals as hotel bills, clothing and sports equipment. Within 24 hours, if their local credit is good, they will receive their tickets. Interest on the loans will range from 4% to 7%, depending on the bank, will be less in slack travel seasons...