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...Czechoslovaks appeared to have turned out spontaneously. Some in the crowds said they hoped Gorbachev's reforms would soon reach them. On the first day, some 5,000 people packed the cobblestone streets in front of Hradcany Castle overlooking the Old Town of Prague to greet the fedora-wearing Soviet leader and his wife Raisa. Similarly warm groups met them as they dashed through a hectic schedule -- talks with officials, visits to the opera and a Soviet war memorial, and campaign-like walkabouts featuring handshaking, chatting and baby kissing. After two days in Prague, Gorbachev went on to Bratislava, Czechoslovakia...
...backup totaled $249.8 million -- a mind-boggling sum when one considers that Teddy Roosevelt, the first President to fly (19 months out of office), strapped himself into a spruce-and-wire rig down in St. Louis in 1910 and chugged over a field at 50 ft., waving his fedora. You could pick up a couple of those planes from Orville and Wilbur Wright in Dayton for about $10,000. The price of the 747s, which ultimately will come close to $300 < million including crew training, support units and spare parts, is gargantuan even when compared with the famous Boeing 707s...
...like his writings, wait until you see his wardrobe. Though Crisp claims to own only hand-me-downs, he wears them as if they were 7th Avenue originals. He cuts quite a pose in his shiny green and black lame suit, black fedora hat and his longish light purple hair. Though this may not be the type of outfit that will win votes in the Boston area, Crisp is ever the politician...
...National Party, led by Herbert Blaize, 66, a cautiously conservative former head of government whose political career on the island stretches back for decades. The N.N.P. won 14 of the 15 seats in Grenada's new House of Representatives. A day later, Blaize, who sported a new gray fedora on the way to the ceremony, was sworn in as Prime Minister at York House, Grenada's yellow brick, Georgian-style government building. He then thanked voters for "showing in such a massive way that they are willing to take command of their own affairs...
...Frankenstein and Igor were more scientific. "Gentlemen," a coroner once declared when a head was found in a city sewer, "this is the work of a murderer." To quality as a deputy coroner, you had to possess the following: a letter from your ward boss, a wide-brimmed gray fedora, a diamond pinky ring, and a cigar. When somebody died of anything but natural causes, a deputy coroner rushed to the scene. They always rushed, because they were afraid the wagon men might grab a locket. Once there, it was the responsibility of the deputy coroner to have the body...