Word: carly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adults who play with toy trains know that a certain amount of snickering goes on behind their backs. It may be this lack of respect that drives a few hobbyists to play with full-size trains. You may rage at a plutocrat who swans around in his private railroad car, but unless you have one of your own, it is hard to sneer...
...issue of Art & Antiques, before the import of Wyeth's remarks became strikingly clear. The closing of the circle came last April, when Schaire was visiting Pennsylvania for another story and met with Peter Ralston, a photographer and friend of the Wyeths'. Ralston told him to get in the car, he had a "surprise" to show him. An hour later, Schaire was poring over the 240 works that are now the talk of the art world...
...rampart has inevitably inspired false tales of bravado and derring-do. Two weeks ago, Heinz Braun, an East Berlin tire salesman, captured worldwide attention when he claimed to have escaped to the West by painting his car to resemble a Soviet patrol vehicle and dressing himself and three mannequins in Soviet army uniforms. Last week Braun admitted that his story was a hoax. His coconspirator, West Berliner Wolfgang Quasner, said the bogus flight was intended to dramatize the tragedy of the Wall on the eve of its 25th anniversary. But there is speculation that the two men staged the stunt...
...Warriors, a movie glorifying the camaraderie and violence of gangs in New York City, that served as the model and namesake for the first local gang. Fourteen others followed, including the Black Angels, a group with all-female membership. The result has been an overload of car-theft cases in juvenile court, as well as Vincent Bailey's murder last October...
...doubt God Almighty was on our side." So said Group Captain Colin Adams, commander of the British Royal Air Force base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. Adams was talking about a raid launched against his base last week by a small group of pro-Libyan terrorists who, police believe, arrived by car. Firing 60-mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, the attackers concentrated on well-populated areas, including a beach and a sports complex. Miraculously, casualties were limited to two injured women and a slightly damaged building. Several hours later the Unified Nasserite Organization, a previously unknown group, claimed...