Word: avidity
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...profile on one side and a frilled-neck Australian lizard on the other, was nicknamed "the Twin Lizzie." The 100 piece, imprinted with the Australian lyrebird, was called "the fib." The 200 piece, which features a waterlogged-looking platypus, became "the Holt"-after Prime Minister Harold Holt, an avid beach enthusiast...
...this honeymoon drew a bit of attention, even in sophisticated St. Moritz. The bridegroom, Greek Shipping Magnate Stavros Niarchos, 56, was spending practically all his time skiing with Eugenie Livanos, who divorced him only last December after 18 years of marriage. Meanwhile, the girl he had eloped with, Avid Skier Charlotte Ford, 24, was spending her days in and around the bridal suite of St. Moritz' Palace Hotel. At last Charlotte explained that she had a legitimate reason for not joining the fun on the slopes. She expects a baby this summer...
...read with avid interest your report on the Philippine presidential inauguration [Jan. 7]. However, it was annoying to see the lines about "Francisco" Ramos, Secretary of Foreign Affairs. He is my father, and his first name is Narciso...
...Francisco Franco Bahamonde has mellowed considerably. The years, and a strict low-calorie diet, have whittled away his girth but not, apparently, his strength. Always an avid sportsman, he now spends almost as much time hunting and fishing as he does in the Pardo, his 16th century palace just north of Madrid. His stamina is remarkable. He can still bound up hillsides after mountain goats, shoot 300 partridges a day, and wade for hours hip-deep in the icy mountain streams of Asturias...
...appearance is deceiving. Son of a Catalan industrialist, he spent much of the civil war as an under ground Nationalist agent (code number: 711) in Republican Barcelona, went on to become Spain's youngest law professor, at 25, and an international authority on public administration. He is an avid tennis player, is up at 6:45 each morning and in his office at 8. Brilliant and tireless, he has a corps of loyal followers who have come to occupy top positions throughout the Franco government, including the young Minister of Industry Gregorio López Bravo...