Word: cups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that Sarah could "write" them on a magnetized board. With practice, Sarah learned that a blue triangle meant an apple, a red square a banana. In time she mastered symbols identifying each of her four trainers, plus other symbols identifying colors and familiar objects such as a pail, a cup and a dish. For example, stands for red, for dish...
...walked for two hours. Then, almost suddenly, the brush country gave way to paddies, and we entered a small village. My guards motioned me to sit down, and someone brought a cup of water. In a few moments, I was directed inside a Khmer-style house sitting high off the ground on stilts. A young Vietnamese appeared and squatted down beside me. In broken French, he asked who I was. I told him that and much more: "I am a journalist. I come in peace. Once, after a massacre at Takeo, I helped some of your people." He listened stolid...
...braless look. Manhattan's lively East Village is another showcase for the undershirt underground, but the shirts are no longer the exclusive property of the kids. In the swank summer resorts of East Hampton, Southampton and Stonington, Captain America shirts are showing up. At the America's Cup races in Newport, Mrs. David Rockefeller Jr. wore a gold Superman tank top; Brooke Hayward, Jill St. John and Raquel Welch (with an explosive "POW" on her version) are into the undershirt scene...
...race was finally called 43 minutes after Gretel II crossed the finish line. That made it four out of four for the Aussies, who now have the honor of mounting the 21st challenge to the U.S. in the 119-year history of the America's Cup. But if France's Baron Bich was defeated, he was certainly unbowed. He announced: "I will be back...
...knows the baron doubts him for an instant. That he was in Newport at all is testimony enough to his determination-and wealth. Until 1962, the ballpoint-pen magnate had never even heard of the America's Cup. His sailing experience scarcely went beyond weekend cruising. But then he saw a Paris Match story on the 1962 races, was smitten by the majesty of it all, and decided to challenge for France. To learn about 12-meter design, he bought both contenders in the 1964 competition: Britain's Sovereign and the U.S.'s Constellation, Designer Olin Stephens...