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...moving line took nearly 30 minutes to clear. He then spent an additional 20 anxious minutes passing through security, expecting to miss his plane. But as usual, the departure was delayed. Relieved, Charley buckled into his seat and waited for takeoff. And waited. The pilot finally explained that his windscreen wiper needed fixing. Charley and other passengers fumed while mechanics fiddled. It took more than an hour before he was airborne...
John Kennedy once pointed that out. He reviewed the Atlantic Fleet in 1962 from behind a huge windscreen on the bow of the heavy cruiser Northampton as it steamed between two columns of hulking warships. The crew of each ship lined the deck and fired a salute as it surged by Kennedy...
Made largely of tough lightweight plastics -Kevlar fiber struts, Mylar sheathing, a Lucite windscreen, all from the project's sponsor, Du Pont-Challenger weighs only 217 lbs., excluding Ptacek, who had managed to diet down...
Brainless's mob began chanting slogans in support of the Shah early on August 19, slipping banknotes under windscreen wipers and giving others to all who would join them. It was a cynical tribute to the CIA's tactics soon all the streets around Parliament Square were squeezed tight with pro-Shah demonstrators. Orators miraculously sprang from the crowd and called for the downfall of Mossadeq. The Shah's portrait was hung on a banner across the railroad station...
...walked the track, Couture explaining, always explaining, how to attack each bend, each kink. Then he drove us to the cars: Formula Fords, long-nosed fiber-glass machines that weigh about 950 lbs. and are powered by a standard Pinto engine. Formula Fords are stripped for speed: no windscreen, no headlights, no speedometer (a tachometer is your guide...