Word: flagman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opening night of Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera for Poland's Jaruzelski. New York hotels are braced for the onslaught. The venerable Waldorf-Astoria, well trained in the care and feeding of outsize egos (Frank Sinatra and Lee Iacocca maintain permanent residences in the Waldorf Towers), employs a "flagman," whose sole duty is to keep track of the 115 foreign flags that the hotel keeps on hand and to fly the right ones for VIP guests. Since 40 foreign delegations are booked into Waldorf suites (at up to $2,100 a night), flagpole space will have to be judiciously apportioned...
...hulks of the infield tossed their anchors and made their muscles, but rather obviously missed the boycotters. Nobody can handle a ball and chain quite like a totalitarian. It did not spoil his mood too much when opening-day Flagman Ed Burke missed the finals in the hammer throw. "Just because I didn't advance doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it," he said. Should some young U.S. hammer throwers be inspired, he will be pleased. "They need to learn how to compete," he said kindly. "A lot of them are marshmallows." The winner, Finland...
...speed violations, and Reeves after a 1974 grand jury indictment on drug charges. Though the breakdown of a wheel assembly is still thought to be the fundamental cause of the derailment, Illinois Central Gulf has fired all five employees who were aboard the train, including the conductor and the flagman. Byrd, Robertson and Reeves have been arrested by Louisiana authorities on criminal charges of reckless handling of hazardous materials...