Word: cincinnati
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Broadmoore, the son of a Cincinnati wine broker, had a conventional boyhood until, at 13, he began reading 19th century catalogues. "I was attracted by the suspenders and collars," he explains, "I wanted a gold watch and chain and wire-rimmed spectacles instead of plastic ones." As he acquired the accouterments of the past, "the magnetic grip of this way of life began to settle on me." At Bard College, where he spent three years, he decorated and refurnished his room. "It was the epitome of Victorian gloom," he recalls...
...GARRETT--"Los Angeles in five. Any team that can keep Cincinnati in its place has done us a national service...
Persuasive Manner. Nondogmatic American yoga is about to get its biggest shot in the pelvis, and from no guru. On 124 stations throughout the U.S., PBS will air three color shows a week featuring yoga demonstrations by Lilias Folan, a charming and svelte Cincinnati housewife. Folan, who has already become a success on Cincinnati's WCET-TV, producer of her current show, has sold 35,000 copies of a book called Lilias, Yoga and You (with a Braille version that allows the blind to feel embossed pictures of Lilias doing the Cat Stretch). With a persuasive manner that...
...Angeles Dodgers, the only team in the majors to win 100 games this year, overcame pressure from the red hot Big Red Machine from Cincinnati to win the National League West. The Reds, with a 98-63 record, better than any other team except the Dodgers, are probably wondering why along with Atlanta they are in the Western division while teams west of the Mississippi like St. Louis are in the Eastern division...
...Cincinnati I can never quite consider as a "hero" any man who accepted a German decoration from Hermann Göring, Hitler's ruthless crony. The true heroes were the boys who died fighting the Nazi beasts and never received publicity or parades. To me Charles Lindbergh will never typify a hero...