Word: waits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...solo across the Pacific -7,400 miles from San Francisco to Brisbane, Australia-was met by 3,000 rooters singing For She's a Jolly Good Fellow. Now, after ferrying a twin-engined Piper Apache to its Australian buyer, the housewifely Santa Monican couldn't wait to board a Pan Am 707 jet and get home to her husband. Weatherwise, she admitted that she had bounced around a bit during the island-hopping twelve-day flight. And there was a tense moment when "one engine sort of hiccoughed. I was never lonely, though," said Betty, whose sole companion...
Government spending is probably the biggest legislative issue of 1963-and Cannon, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has a lot to say about the Kennedy Administration's record-breaking $98.8 billion budget. Everything from ordering a new missile to building a new mile of highway must wait for action by Appropriations. And Cannon is proud of being a cheapskate with the taxpayers' money...
...there is little danger that the Viet Cong will take over any of South Viet Nam's cities. Captured Red documents indicate that they have given up hope of a swift conquest, now aim merely, as the guerrillas' North Vietnamese Boss Ho Chi Minh said recently, "to wait out the Americans." The South Vietnamese government and its 14,000 U.S. military "advisers" pin their hopes on an integrated, long-term plan that aims at isolating and driving out the Viet Cong. Basic element of the government's battle plan is to resettle almost the entire rural population...
...airframe makers to pool their skills, the result might give the airlines a plane whose performance and economy would make it worthwhile for the airlines to wait. The U.S. would still have to get its price right. According to current industry estimates, an American SST Mach 2 would cost about $12 million to $15 million apiece, while a Mach 3 would cost $20 million. The British and French are planning to sell the Concorde for less than $10 million. One difference is that the two European governments donated $500 million outright to develop the Concorde, while the U.S. government expects...
Last night the theatre was filled to capacity and the audience left delighted. You will have to arrive early if you want seats, but the play is well worth the wait...