Everything had been tried and everything had failed. Having spent $123 million on noise baffles for jet engines, the aircraft industry was still tormented by the angry voice of the publicand the public was still tormented by the angry voice of the jets overhead. "There's an anxiety neurosis abroad in the land," FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby said darkly, "and that complicates the noise-abatement problem."
Then, observing that the dry martini is "viewed with almost reverent awe as a drink with unique power," science at last made a breakthrough: if the martini combats anxiety neurosis, as it does, what tonic would...
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