Word: dad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suggested in this intimate book about national and family tragedy, Admiral and Mrs. Zumwalt would have preferred a safer line of work for their son. Swifts, part of Dad's brown-water navy, were fast and well armed for their size, but in South Viet Nam's network of narrow waterways, these craft were extremely vulnerable to ambushes. Hidden in the dense vegetation that grew along the banks, the Viet Cong killed and wounded sailors with unnerving regularity. To serve a year on a river patrol boat meant a 70%-to-75% chance of becoming a casualty...
...year they gave Victory's brother to George and Barbara Bush during the G.O.P. Convention in Detroit. His name: Veep.) Then came Freebo, a Doberman-retriever mix that originally belonged to Daughter Patti. When her itinerant life-style made it impossible for Patti to care for him, Mom and Dad came to the rescue. Probably the most renowned canine in the Reagan menagerie is Lucky, the Bouvier des Flandres sheep dog who arrived as a Christmas present from the March of Dimes girl a year and a half ago. Despite the dog's charms, Lucky proved too rambunctious...
...nothing has gone down quite so smoothly as an improbable hit called DeKuyper's Original Peachtree Schnapps, a liqueur that was introduced in 1984 by New York's National Distillers. The company, suffering from falling sales of its Old Crow and Old Grand-Dad bourbons, was looking for something more up- to-date when one of its researchers came up with the idea while trimming peach trees in his backyard. With almost no advertising, the low-alcohol (48 proof) cordial took off faster than any other liquor in the industry's history, selling almost 1.4 million cases in the first...
...state was flat," mumbled the tall, lean presidential hopeful, as he and his wife Hattie forced their Schwinns up a series of long, steep hills. Following along in an air- conditioned camper, Babbitt's two sons good naturedly egged him on. "There are 7,500 people on this ride, Dad," said Christopher, 10. "But there's only one who has to make it to the finish...
...Hollywood. In Mike Nichols, Ephron fille has found the perfect director for her skewering humor. Once he invigorated cabaret comedy as half of the Nichols and May team; now he orchestrates the romantic abrasions of Nicholson-Streep and the nifty cameos of Steven Hill as Rachel's flighty dad and John Wood as a nightmare Alistair Cooke. Generous and precise, Nichols shoots many scenes in long takes, observing the characters like a decorous dinner guest. Always alert to gestural cinema, he takes his time following the tentative caress of a friend's hand on Rachel's swollen belly...