Word: gentlemens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plane settled easily into the final approach and made a perfect touch down. But it was by no means a routine landing. As the plane taxied off the run way, Captain Poole got on the intercom to give his unsuspecting passengers a bit of a jolt: "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "the approach to the runway and the touchdown have been made by automatic equipment on board." It was the first time that a jetliner with farepaying passengers aboard had landed by means of a computer...
...first he relaxes as his taped introduction is played over the air: "Well, it's night and everything's all right. Just as right as it can be. Ladies and gentlemen, you're tuned to the new WMEX in the new Boston. The station in a growing Boston, headquarters for the nighttime Glicknics. A Glicknic is a thing called happiness, and happiness is a thing called Larry Glick...
...Later he became chairman of the Examining Board for the State Department's Division of Foreign Service Personnel, where he became a sort of career-service saint in his emphasis on the need for trained professional men rather than political hacks. He wryly told candidates: "You gentlemen have a very easy time entering the service. All you have to do is to answer a few questions. I had to shoot a tiger...
...foot pole vaulters, Cole (21.5) in the 220, Steve Lamb (47.5) in the quarter, Ramsey Thomas (1:52.8) in the half, and George Henry (4:08.7) in the mile. But except for the pole vaulters and Henry, whose time is second-best in the East, the contributions of these gentlemen are likely to be minimal...
...Though the mill looks slickly renovated, the plot remains distressed antique: a woman whose husband is away is trapped by an escaped madman. Joanne is the sort of girl who prances around home modeling bathing suits or floppy hats, but her mood changes when the wheel starts scooping up gentlemen, living and dead...