Word: cuffs
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...died "in his father's country house" of "bronchopneumonia." Adds Stowell: "I have seen a photograph of my suspect which suggests paranoia by the extravagance of his dress ... He is wearing a 4-in. to 4½-in. stiff starched collar and is showing two inches of shirt-cuff at each wrist. (I was told that he was given the nickname of 'Collar and Cuffs...
...peace hieroglyphic is ubiquitous. It has appeared hanging around the necks of G.I.s in Viet Nam; on a fast-selling line of women's dresses; fashioned into belt buckles, cuff links, rings and tie clasps. Lately, two firms have tried separately to register the symbol as a commercial trademark (the U.S. Patent Office has ruled that out). An Alexandria, Va., firm is now marketing a clip-on typewriter key bearing the symbol. One prospective customer is Sally Sanders, a reporter for the Redding, Conn., Pilot. She plans to type it at the end of her copy instead...
...Making up names like Asia mynah, cuff lynx, and piranha old gray bonnet isn't aardvark...
...many Southerners were convinced that Nixon holds no grudge against them, despite the purpose of his trip. Nearly 100,000 of them jammed the city's streets, many of them in the carnival-like French Quarter, to watch his open car pass. They pressed close, tore off his cuff links, cheered him warmly...
Flying High. Part of the problem is that John King has become rich quickly in a complicated, volatile business -and has the image of an archetypical wheeler-dealer. He wears flashy, monogrammed boots and shirts and owns 3,000 pairs of gold cuff links. He uses a fleet of airplanes as other men use taxis, and collects friends and acquaintances in high places. A space buff, he has put two former astronauts, Walter Schirra and Frank Borman, in top positions in his companies. King is a lover of the West; he owns an ostentatious ranch outside Denver, which he leases...