Word: crown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Since each change brings with it a promotion - or a promise of one - corporate nomads tend to be cheerful movers. Their children, at least until they become teenagers, prove highly flexible. Wives, too, for the most part, enter into the arrangement with zest. Gloria Bradfield, 30, wife of a Crown Zellerbach sales-training supervisor, has moved her household ten times in the past nine years. During that time, the Bradfields have bought one house, built two others, and had three children. "We're not as eager to move as we once were," says Mrs. Bradfield, but she still sees...
...Williams, Bill Cosby, Milton Berle, Peter Falk, Lucille Ball, Liberace, Jerry Lewis, David Janssen and Jack Benny all own Rollses. Red Skelton has two Rollses. Phyllis Diller, when her Excaliburs are sheathed, gets by with one. Bob Hope, true to his longtime TV sponsor, sticks to a 1967 Chrysler Crown Imperial hardtop...
...inning with a towering blast over the flagpole in left-center. The homer was Yastrzemski's 43rd of the season--tieing Ted Williams' club record for a left-hander--and boosted Yastrzemski's league totals in HR's and RBI's in his bid for the American League Triple Crown. He also hit a double in three official at-bats to raise his season average...
Last week Gibraltar proved that it is even more British than anyone had imagined. As the voters went to the polls for a special referendum to decide whether Gibraltar should remain with Britain or be turned back to Spain, the 2¼-sq-mi. crown colony was decked out in Union Jacks from its deepwater harbor to its 1,396-ft. summit. Stickers everywhere proclaimed such slogans as I'M O.K. WITH THE U.K. When the count was made, only 44 of the 12,237 voters opted for reunion with Spain. The rest-an astonishing 99.2%-preferred to retain...
Then there was Billie Jean King. Last July, Billie Jean won the Wimbledon women's singles title; last week she added the U.S. crown to her collection, winning every set in six matches...