Word: cleveland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might actually get a chance to see the Red Sox in the (all too human) flesh in the middle of next week, when the Cleveland Indians gallop into town for a three-game set at Fenway. Normally it's a real challenge to pick up a Sox ticket these days, but the Tribe is so amateurish they've been invited to send a delegation to the Olympics, so don't sweat it. Rumor has it that Bowie Kuhn actually forgot Cleveland is still in the major leagues, and the team certainly hasn't done much to correct that impression. Look...
...contention. But now I would trade the great moments--Chambliss's homer to beat the Royals in '76, the fantastic ninth inning against the Royals to come form behind and move into the Series last year--for simple peace of mind. I wish now that Steinbrenner had bought the Cleveland Indians, as he had originally intended. I wish he had stocked, and then screwed up, somebody else's team. Winning under the circumstances the Yankees have had to endure is no fun, as anyone on the team will tell you. And baseball is supposed to be a game, supposed...
...House of Japan and the India International Center-organizations all devoted to fostering cultural and educational exchanges between East and West. As mementos of his trips to Asia, Rockefeller began a collection of Asian art, worth an estimated $15 million. Said his artistic adviser, Sherman Lee, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art: "He was very moved by certain images, especially the Buddhas-the serene, contemplative figures." Rockefeller bequeathed his art to the Asia Society...
...make a rather democratic outfit; the richest men wear them, and so do the poorer when dressing up, even if they do not spend $600 to cover their nakedness. Class and regional distinctions are usually evident in choices, however. Consider the outfit, prevalent in Ohio, known as the "Full Cleveland": a bright blazer (red or green), plaid trousers, white shoes, white belt and white...
...what looks good, regardless of function? Sometimes. The neckwear industry promotes ties as discretionary plumage, the one item with which a man can express a bit of flamboyance. That argument may hold for men in properly neutral suits, but what do you say to the man in the Full Cleveland? Everything he is wearing is as loud as the roof on a Howard Johnson...