Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chief of the Soviet military machine will be rubbernecking all over the U.S. next week, but hardly as a typical sightseer. Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev will be treated to a look at some of the Pentagon's crown jewels, including the newly commissioned nuclear aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a B-1 bomber...
...declare a partial moratorium on Mexico's foreign debt. This would serve to undermine the left, allow De la Madrid to leave office drenched in public applause, and give Salinas the funds to prime a stagnant economy. Yet just as the Spanish defeat of Hidalgo's revolt against the crown only postponed Mexican independence, such fiscal populism might only delay a more fundamental political reckoning...
...Akeem, Crown Prince of mythical Zamunda, is in most respects a splendid young fellow: nice looking, well-spoken, equable and compassionate in spirit. His only deficiency is a certain literalness when it comes to geography: he thinks the logical place to look for a future queen is a place named Queens. You know -- the New York City borough you try to drive through without stopping on the way into Manhattan from the airport...
...promoter Don King. Last August, once Tyson had all the belts, King threw a coronation for history's youngest heavyweight champion. The melancholy scene recalled King Kong crusted with what the promoter called "baubles, rubies and fabulous other doodads." Beholding the dull eyes and meek surprise under the lopsided crown and chinchilla cloak, King said he was reminded "of Homer's Odysseus returning to Ithaca to gather his dissembled fiefdoms." Sighs Tyson: "It's tough being the youngest anything...
...victory marked the first time that the Crimson has won back-to-back championship regattas. Harvard has now claimed four of the seven Cincinnati Regattas, nabbing the crown...