Word: fawns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unhappy about that. They would just as soon not drink with the boss because of his unpredictable moods. Ford likes to travel in Europe, which he does at least four times a year, partly because he is not recognized on the streets there and waiters do not fawn over him as much as they do in the U.S. One former subordinate thinks that he has a defensive streak because he has been surrounded for years by "people trying to sell him stuff...
Died. Colonel Roscoe Turner, 74, early speed flyer and Hollywood stunt man; of bone cancer; in Indianapolis. Turner cut an unforgettable figure striding around town in scarlet helmet, cobalt blue tunic and fawn cavalry pants, with his pet lion Gilmore tugging on a leash. Turner's air stunts were no less electrifying; he performed strut-wrenching maneuvers in such films as Hell's Angels and Flight at Midnight, was a champion at the hair-raising sport of low-level pylon racing at speeds of up to 300 m.p.h., and in 1929 set a Los Angeles-to-New York...