Word: buffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...average current events buff may claim to be well-informed about world affairs, but he will never talk to you about the story that regularly appears on about page six and that he six and that he just as regularly skims over. Guiltily glancing at the headline, he sights at the sight of another article about terrorist bombings in Londonderry, pauses for a moment, flinches, and then hurriedly moves on to the more attractive news of Jimmy Carter's latest goof or Edward Kennedy's latest coup. People just seem to keep killing each other senselessly...
...summit's first weekend, the participants took a respite from diplomacy when Carter, at military-buff Begin's request, organized a 3½-hour excursion to Gettysburg's Civil War battlefield, some 17 miles north of Camp David. As the group viewed monuments and century-old cannons, Carter attempted to lighten the mood by joking that the gun had a range of three miles, vs. 300 to 400 yds. for the cluster bombs that the U.S. sold to Israel after the 1973 war. Sadat and Begin somehow managed a laugh. But reporters accompanying the entourage noticed a marked lack of warmth...
...committee also heard last week from an assassination buff, Advertising Man Jack White of Fort Worth, who has fed conspiracy theories for a decade by insisting that two famous snapshots of Oswald holding his rifle were fakes. Marina has said all along-and reiterated to the committee-that she had taken the pictures. Moreover, a panel of experts convincingly refuted White. The committee even turned up other prints of Oswald with the weapon, including one that he had signed...
...hits by heart. The setting was the White House lawn, where Nelson, the king of outlaw country, put on a stompin' good show last week. The most eye-opening song of the evening: Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother. The President himself, a stock car racing buff and Nelson's No. 1 fan, had planned the party for members of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, some of whom rolled up to the "diplomatic entrance" in their Day-Glo colored "stockers." Alas, Jimmy couldn't get away from his Israeli and Egyptian guests at Camp...
...bathrooms and a large sitting room with a fireplace. Cooks at Aspen Lodge are on 24-hr, call to prepare any dish the guests order, and they have a list of the two visitors' gastronomic favorites. Sadat, nonetheless, is bringing his own chef; the Egyptian leader is a health buff who carefully watches his diet. Kosher meals are available for Begin...