Word: ear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grandson of American Oilman J. Paul Getty; and Martine Zacher, 25, sultry German model-turned-photographer and expectant mother; he for the first time, she for the second; in Sovicille, Italy. The couple plan to film a documentary about the 1973 kidnaping that cost Getty his right ear before he was ransomed for $2.9 million...
...Italy, as just about everyone knows by now, governments come and go in a matter of months. These days, however, even that pace is frequently faster than the Italian mails. Take E. Paul Getty II's severed ear: when his kidnapers mailed it from Naples last fall, it took 20 days to arrive in Rome-and that was a brisk delivery by Italian standards. Some airmail Christmas cards from New York arrived at Easter time, and letters wending their way from one Italian city to another sometimes take a leisurely six months...
...Italy is the only country besides Tibet in which it is impossible to communicate through a postal service." Le Monde's slur was unfair-to Tibet, which can get an airmail letter to New York by yak, truck and plane a week faster than young Getty's ear reached Rome...
...mother of a girl who had her ear lobes pierced in a Seattle jewelry store complained that the jeweler had used soiled instruments. A team of disease detectives headed by Dr. Carl J. Johnson investigated, fearing that ear piercing - like tattooing and mainlining heroin - might spread hepatitis. The jeweler said that he soaked his needles in 70% alcohol, but Johnson pointed out that this treatment does not kill the stubborn hepatitis virus. The team tracked down 48 young women who had had hitherto unexplained viral hepatitis and found that seven had recently had their ears pierced. Not only jewelers...
...their lives (three months ago an ambassador rang inquiring what time he should show up for dinner). During resignation week, they received an avalanche of calls urging Nixon to remain in office. But the Bookers have no plans to change their number and frankly enjoy having an accidental ear on history. This week they plan to visit Washington and tour the White House. They aren't worried about calling ahead to find out the tour schedule. Says Mona Booker: "We know the number...