Word: model
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...like weeds that grow and grow again." The surly dock workers of Haiphong have left tons of cargo to rot and rust on the piers. In the countryside, stubborn peasants joke about Hanoi's efforts to make the collectives work. The latest concerns the government-issued Nam Mot (Model 51) plow. The shoddy, easily broken plow, say the peasants, should really be named "Mot Nam"-meaning one season...
...rejected such suitors as Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart, but lovely Anita Colby, once nicknamed "The Face," has finally said yes. The former model was the first to be paid $100 an hour, and in one month in 1936 appeared on 15 magazine covers. She is an actress (nine movies), columnist, advertising executive, beauty consultant and author. Still, she could not quite explain what her textile executive fiancé, Palen Flagler, 58, has over Gable. Or Stewart, for that matter. Whatever it is, it obviously came along at the right time; at 56 the eclectic career woman says...
...policemen in the patrol car set out in pursuit of the late-model blue-and-white sedan-license number SC-1-that had sped through a red light in Washington, D.C. Siren howling and red light flashing, the squad car chased the offender for a mile. When he finally pulled to the side of the road, the driver handed over his license. Result: no ticket. Later, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond explained: "The police department informed my office that the officer was inexperienced and expressed regret that the incident occurred." Under federal law, while on official business a member...
...modest 30-to 40-mile daily practice, soon works up to 90 to 125 miles a day. A perfectionist, he "cures" his tires by storing them for three years in a cool, dry cellar. His bikes are like nothing ever seen in the local sports shop: an 181-lb. model with ten speeds for the sprints, a more rugged 22-lb. version with twelve speeds for the mountains...
...Hurt the Pain." The Day of the Locust sold only 1,464 copies, but in 1940 West made up to $600 a week as a scriptwriter; that same year he married Eileen McKenney, the real-life model for the heroine of My Sister Eileen. Now at last he could buy time to write a big novel. But West's time was used up. In December 1940, he ran a stop sign and smashed into another car, killing his wife and himself...