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...whoosh of jet exhaust. The Prime Minister directed the huge aircraft as far as the English Channel, took over the controls for one long stretch, then landed at an airport near his home in London. "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful," said Eden scrambling out. "It was as smooth as a magic carpet...
...words. Mr. Bowdler dreams that his wife, as a result of never having been allowed to see any dirty words, tries to imagine them instead, and starts giving the most obscene interpretations to the most innocent remarks. Author Russell's novel moral: Never brush the dirt under the carpet; the little woman is sure to stumble...
...Carpet. In Soviet Asia, it was Nehru's turn to score. At a shishkebab and pilaf supper in Tashkent he found that the people, despite 40 years of complete isolation from the rest of Asia, "still had Asian consciousness." They greeted him with cries of "Salaam aleikum" (may peace be upon you), and in Samarkand the en tire population came out into the streets chanting community songs. Telegrams be gan to pour in from Russian citizens asking permission to name their sons Jawaharlal or their daughters Indira (after Nehru's daughter...
...schedule at 5 p.m., the door of the plane opened, and there, half as large as life, stood stubby little Nikita Khrushchev, his arms up in a gesture which seemed to say, 'Here I am, you lucky people.' As Tito, enormously dignified, walked up the red ceremonial carpet to meet him, Khrushchev happily skipped down the plane ramp, looking for all the world like a samovar salesman arriving at Minsk for the annual convention. He was all smiles and handshakes and pats on the back, and seemed to do a happy little dance. Beaming, Khrushchev said to Tito...
...platform (to keep the platform from spinning) suck air down through holes in the circular fuselage, providing downward thrust, thus lifting the plane. All the pilot has to do in steering is lean in the desired direction. Still very much an experiment, the light, easy-to-operate Flying Carpet may serve the armed forces as a courier aircraft, scout and air ambulance...