Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Death of a Twin...
...letters [July 20] regarding "Death of a Twin" opposed that marvelous operation. Not one expressed sympathy for the mother who chose to abort the twin with Down's syndrome. It is easy to be pious, idealistic or shocked at the solution to someone else's problem. But what is so wonderful about knowingly bringing a retarded child into the world? It is a blessing to the infant...
...billions of dollars in the construction and expansion of airports and terminal facilities. These have become beacons for business in their own right, complete with hotels, shops and restaurants. One of the newest in the nation is Atlanta's eleven-month-old Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, a sprawling, twin-terminal complex designed to eliminate the congestion that had existed at the city's old one, which was already the second busiest in the U.S. after Chicago's O'Hare...
...reason that South Carolina now has the third fastest growing industrial sector of any state in the U.S. is Charleston International Airport. Among the companies that have set up factories within an easy drive of the twin-runway airport: Cummins Engine, Du Pont, Levi Strauss, Memorex, Celanese and Exxon. Says Michael Kazeef, a manager for Alumax Inc., a leading aluminum producer: "In Washington State, the airport is 120 miles from our plant and going there was a big inconvenience. For any large company, an airport close by is a necessity. Vendors, salesmen, parts, cargo, company officials, you name...
Private charter airlines also did well last week. Jet Airways of Los Angeles operates five Learjets and a twin-engine Piper Navajo prop, but demand has been so strong that the company is now looking to lease more planes...