Word: vip
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...aerial photographer-gunner who flew on 16 missions over France with the Ninth Air Force. While Bennett made many pictures at the base, none was just right for the cover, because the two pilots were awash in a sea of welcomers. Bennett then trailed the flyers to their VIP residence at Andrews' Essex House, was the only cameraman to get an exclusive photo session...
...excitement of this moment, conversation was almost incoherent. Every few sentences Bruce Olmstead repeated: "I'm sure glad to be back. I can hardly believe it!" His wife answered steadily: "I'm so happy to have you home." Only as they drove out to their VIP quarters on the base did the two women finally get a chance to talk about their children...
...Defeated VIP. A typical task taught to chimponauts requires them to watch three shapes flashed on a screen and decide by pushing the proper lever which shape is not like either of the others. By doing this correctly 18 times, a chimp earns a banana-flavored food pellet. Some of them become amazingly skillful. The champion so far is a chimp that worked the levers 7,000 times in 70 minutes with only 32 errors. A human VIP visiting the lab rashly tried the same task and made a much lower score...
...force the Military Air Transport Service to stop competing for passengers and cargo. In the future, MATS will function only as a "hard core" carrier transporting troops, weapons and missiles for the armed forces. This policy shift will force MATS to surrender the bulk of its military and VIP Government passenger and freight business to the private airlines, which will amount to an estimated $100 million a year...