Word: traveled
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...urge to travel is not likely to go away. The networks are faced with growing competition, not only from one another but from aggressive local stations and independent news services. Showcasing the anchor in remote locations is one way for a network to demonstrate its uniqueness. Still, major trips will probably remain special occasions, at least for the near future. "We have to pick our opportunities carefully," says Bill Wheatley, executive producer of the NBC Nightly News. "We can't be a constant road show...
Powered by a small gasoline engine that gets as much as 24 m.p.g., the Sun Classic is geared to travel at 13 m.p.h. but can be souped up to hit 30. Jim Hakeman, 66, of Sun City West, uses his new Sun Classic for shopping expeditions and visits to friends' condominiums. Says he: "It's a beautiful machine. It's the first golf cart that doesn't look like one." It is fast becoming an object of envy. Says Larry Koch, 52, who lives near the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo, Calif.: "The Sun Classic is very stylish...
Although the former Haitian honcho's wealth is apparently not as great, Duvalier and his entourage don't exactly have to travel on the budget plan, either. While the Mitterand government decides what to do with him, Duvalier and his family are currently holed up in a posh Parisian hotel that wants them out. "They're bad for business," said the manager...
Other entrants were less realistic, predicting such things as rocket-propelled "space-hotels" and helicopter house-trailers. TWA President Richard Pearson said one entrant predicted that only monkeys would inhabit the world in 1985 and that air travel would be useless...
Thomas said it was the second contest she had ever won and came only one week after her first triumph, a $40 winning ticket in the Massachusetts state lottery. Asked if she cared to speculate on air travel in the year 2015, she said, "No, please let me retire gracefully." Thomas has not been available for comment since the announcement...