Word: colde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crowded schedule and hasty traveling between locations brought unavoidable problems, but nothing was quite so disconcerting as the cold and rainy out-of-season weather that the travelers had to contend with. There were days when the models' clothes seemed doubly flimsy. As veterans of such assignments, Reporter Svedberg and Photographer Gigli had come prepared. Gigli handled his cameras while bundled up in a windbreaker; Andrea's working uniform was blue jeans, a heavy sweater and a ski jacket...
...will, but the questions raised by the Pueblo incident will remain. One of the most difficult is what should be done about the Military Code of Conduct. In the wake of the forced confessions of the Pueblo crew, many now think that the code is worthless when applied under cold war conditions. However, S.L.A. Marshall, the military historian and retired general who was one of the chief architects of the code, says that a false conclusion is being drawn. Writing in a recent New Leader, he argues that the code actually requires prisoners of war to give name, rank, serial...
...Emanuel Sandau, the elderly owner of Lucky's Bar, stocked thousands of extra cans of beer in the back room and immediately began to do a brisk business. Soon there were too many tippling collegians. They spilled out of the jammed bar and into the windy 40° cold of the North Dakota night. Bored and beery, they began looking for excitement-and warmth. Gradually, what began as a springtime put-on turned into a night of terror...
...chiefly for having made 22 previous crossings. Desperately, they wove vignettes from such unpromising material as the pet white mouse in a first-class stateroom, the ship's minor collision with a whale, and a vicar selling oak trees to reforest Sherwood Forest. With the weather still too cold to swim or sun, the passengers danced, drank, and rested. The most popular place on the ship was the cinema, which was packed to capacity for both afternoon and evening showings of first-run films...
Although the written questions are usually open and frank (typical questions run the range of "What can you do besides take cold showers when you're frustrated?" to inquiries on frigidity, birth control, and abortion), the discussion end of these group sessions often look like prayer meetings. Girls sit quietly for two hours, several always furiously concentrating on their knitting, others equally interested in the floor. When Graham asks questions--as he persists in doing--they hang silently around the room. Occasionally someone will whisper a reluctant answer...