Word: cars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...either at home or at the office. His expertise in the subject is matched by that of Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson, who is often involved with Essay, and for this one was a prime source. Shnayerson runs for his life every morning along the shoulder of Manhattan's car-clogged Henry Hudson Parkway, or in nearby Riverside Park, averaging 20 miles a week. One hazard of running in the park, he finds, is that dogs instinctively pursue a running man - and he has been paced by Great Danes and poodles...
...adjoining hotel room. Come check-out time and the Dark Lady of the Sonnets was still with him, hiding discreetly in one corner of the lobby while Evgeny bellowed at photographers: "Just one picture of me alone!" Then the poet and his muse popped into a Russian embassy car and headed for the airport, whence they left for parts unknown...
...secluded road near Pascagoula, where they were met by three Klansmen in full hooded regalia. The gang urged Watkins to perjure himself and say that Bowers had been with him at the time of the bombing. When Watkins refused, Lawyer Buckley pulled a knife. Watkins was dragged from the car and knocked around. One of the Klansmen stuck a pistol in his face. "There's one bullet in this gun," he said. "I'm gonna keep pulling the trigger until you say what we want you to or until I kill you." Said Buckley: "Let me get back...
Money is only one of Jean-Claude's concerns. He wants to race a car some day at Le Mans; he also would like to break the world speed record (109.14 m.p.h.) on skis. But first, after those long, monastic months of training, he has some catching up to do. With what? "Fun," he says simply, "and les petites jeunes filles...
...exceptions. In most dioceses, priests have turned the senates into effective forums. Among other things, they have helped to improve personnel and pay policies. The senate in Providence, R.I. won a 100% increase in pastors' salaries-from $150 to $300 a month-plus a $50-a-month car allowance. Senates have also helped establish mandatory retirement ages, "personnel boards" to hear the complaints of dissatisfied priests, and programs allowing priests to continue their education...