Word: birthdays
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...away with some minor infraction, or awarded a passing grade on a test. In exchange, he had to pay cash to his drill instructor or some other noncom, or perform a service such as washing or waxing a sergeant's car. The bribes were slyly referred to as "birthday gifts...
...cordial but distant. The Prince and his family routinely visit Don Juan in Estoril, Portugal; reportedly, dynastic matters are tactfully avoided. Last June, however, Don Juan reasserted his right to the Spanish throne in a speech to several hundred supporters who had gathered at Estoril to celebrate his 62nd birthday. "I am not the head of any plot. I am not the rival of anyone," said Don Juan. But, he added, "I am the trustee of the centuries-old political treasure that the Spanish monarchy represents...
...hope I'll still be sexy," fretted German-born Actress Elke Sommer, who faces her 34th birthday next week and an upcoming stage role as an older woman in Cactus Flower. Male viewers of Sommer's newest movie, The Net, will probably see little cause for her concern. Cast as a kittenish prostitute on the run from a maniacal killer, Elke displays her talents in one scene through an all-leather outfit she bought in Chicago. "I loved it and wanted to wear it barefoot during the filming in Rome," she recalled. Not so Director Manfred Purzer...
Drugs were probably responsible for her current condition. On April 14, apparently depressed over personal problems, she took some tranquilizers, then went to a bar to celebrate a friend's birthday. After drinking gin and tonic, she began, as one friend put it, "to nod out." Thomas French, 22, helped Karen out of the tavern, then the group took her home and put her to bed, where she passed out. When French looked in on her a few moments later, he realized that she was more than drunk. "I just looked at her and I realized she wasn...
Sissila Bok explained that most of the neighborhood kids had been at the house earlier in the day for her son Tommy's sixth birthday party. Tommy was the only one of the three Bok children who trick or treated last night...