Word: bash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...schemed to carve up the Third Reich. Between them was a stylized map of Germany, replete with rivers, hills and other obstacles. Equipped with cardboard counters representing military units, Vincent took the role of Russian Supreme Commander in 1945. Chris was his American equivalent. The object was to bash away at Nazi forces-and then grab as much territory as they could. "It's an intellectual thing," explained Chris, a high school junior from Morristown, N.Y. "I've always had an interest in military history." He supports his interest, immoderately, with more than 100 similar board games; spends...
Billy's Bash...
Another such way of looking at HEW's annual cost is to compare its budget with the price tag of the 25th birthday party it threw at its Washington headquarters two weeks ago. The department celebrated with a two-day bash for 8,000 of its employees and beneficiaries that included outdoor concerts, a chicken barbecue and performances by Sesame Street's Big Bird, whose creation was funded by HEW. The price of the whole thing was $15,000-no small sum; yet, based on an eight-hour working day, the cost amounted only to about what...
...rock, and despite some personal problems (Danko was so strung out for two years, for example, that he got out of bed as seldom as possible) a devotion to excellence. Given these factors and the group's immense popularity, (The Band's last concert, a gala Thanksgiving Day bash, was attended by 500 people at San Francisco's Winterland last year) this much-heralded "Last Waltz" gig would make a great concert film, right...
...Ambassador needed a trim, so Hairdresser Sebou diplomatically snipped the locks of Fereydoun Hoveyda, Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The clip job took place during a party Hoveyda tossed to inaugurate Sebou's newly expanded Manhattan salon. Why give a bash for a hairdresser? Because Sebou used to be personal hairdresser and makeup man for Iran's Empress Farah. Besides, Hoveyda, who is a painter and novelist and has lectured on literature and film at Columbia University, believes that hair-styling is an art. "Everybody is creative in some capacity. That applies to hairdressers...