Word: tree
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Alexandra, 33, suddenly kissed and made up. Peter headed for the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad for a surprise reunion with Alexandra and their son, Prince Alexander, 9. Reported a friend who saw their delayed meeting: "They just fell into each other's arms un der the Christmas tree, and they have been like lovers ever since." But there was a small blight on their new-found bliss...
Holiday Spirit. In Rutland, Vt., Laborer Robert Woodward. 37, well fortified with alcohol, decided to pay a holiday visit to his 71-year-old, bedridden mother at East Poultney, lost control of his dump truck on a curve as he was approaching his destination, caromed off a tree and into his mother's cottage, knocked the cottage off its foundation and his mother out of bed and into the arms of son Ronald, with whom she was conversing, was hauled into court and pleaded guilty to charges of driving while drunk and without a license...
...space could be used for beauty, instead of for a specific function. A lot of Cambridge people haven't seen the World Tree, tucked away where it is in the Graduate Center, and we can't think of a better place for it than in the Square. But the ideal solution would be to make a giant rotary out of the whole area. With a challenge like that--Mystic River Bridge signs at three of the six or so exits--even the police wouldn't have time to loiter, and the present city government would almost certainly be re-elected...
...dark of the year-the winter solstice-is the feast of light. Long ago men lit bonfires to strengthen the expiring sun; the Romans celebrated the seven-day Saturnalia with outdoor illuminations and gifts of candles; the Christians came to honor Christmas with a light-decked tree. For the Jews, the feast of light is Hanukkah...
Embraceable You. In Montgomery, Ala., after Motorist Lawrence Colley explained that the reason he ran 40 ft. off the road, tore down a fence and rammed into a tree was that his girl was "holding me too tight" and "I couldn't hold her and the wheel, too," Judge John B. Scott dismissed a reckless driving charge, fined Colley only for driving without a license and without license plates, remarked, "I'm convinced it could have happened as he said...