Word: coatless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That anyone survived the first three games of this mostly cold and rainy Series was mildly remarkable. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, long famous for sitting coatless through a heavy frost when prime-time television commitments are at stake, proved that he was equally up to the challenge in a mid-autumn monsoon. Rain fell before or during each of the first three games, and temperatures were in the numbing 30s and low 40s, but Kuhn came sans coat and umbrella one night. He saw to it that players kept up appearances as well, forbidding the wearing of woolen ski caps...
During the long night of vote watching, Carter sat, coatless, his tie loosened, eyes on the TV screens. He also spoke by telephone with AFL-CIO Chief George Meany, New York Mayor Abe Beame, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey and a nearly forgotten Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Tom Eagleton. He talked to Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, whom he had once scorned as one of the "political bosses" to whom he owed nothing. "I really appreciate what you did for me," he told Rizzo, referring to the breakthrough victory in Pennsylvania...
...city is full of families and people having fun. I'd just love to stay for a whole month." Texas Delegate Glen Maxey, 24, and a friend, about to be turned away from the posh, 65th-floor Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center because they were coatless and tieless, reminded the headwaiter that "your mayor told us we could go anywhere we wanted." The headwaiter smiled and, wonder of wonders, escorted them to a window table...
Toga Switch. Meanwhile the British, who begin wilting at around 75°, were hard pressed to keep their dignity starched. Businessmen were actually sighted coatless on London streets as temperatures stubbornly hovered near 90° each day, and a beat-the-heat letter to the London Times suggested that since Romans were known for their dignity, perhaps gentlemen should switch to togas. Switching to topless bathing in the fountains of Trafalgar Square, however, cost three young ladies a police summons. Even the royal family was having trouble keeping its cool, since neither Buckingham Palace nor Windsor Castle is air-conditioned...
...twilight in 30° weather, Kolling stands coatless at the Northway Mall, distributing flyers that play up Jimmy Carter's picture and name over those of his delegates because the candidate's persona is the strongest selling point. "Excuse me, sir," he says. "My name is Chuck Kolling, and I'm running as a delegate in the April 27th primary, committed to Jimmy Carter. Appreciate your consideration...