Word: flings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alerted the Turkish consulate; by the time police arrived he was gone. A few days later, he enrolled, under a false passport and the name Faruk Ozgun, at the University for Foreigners in Perugia. He attended language classes for only one day. Then, as if on a last fling, he was off on a two-week package tour to Palma de Mallorca; his tour operator remembered that he dutifully took all the sightseeing excursions...
John Paul left Nagasaki with the new Japanese nickname of Yuki Otoko (Snowman) and flew to equally chilly Anchor age, where he celebrated an outdoor Mass and took a 90-ft. fling at driving a sled drawn by nine rambunctious huskies. "This was great," said the Pontiff. Then off again, up over the North Pole and back to Rome. To the faithful who braved the Nagasaki blizzard, John Paul had said good-naturedly, "It's good for the faith." So, apparently, was the taxing 20,500-mile journey by the most traveled Pope in history...
Ronald Reagan's first two visits to Washington after his election were triumphal processions through a capital that marveled at his charm. His third tour of his new domain last week was more like a general's inspection of the troops he will shortly have to fling into a decisive battle. Preparations for the Inaugural gala were overshadowed by a series of warnings that the new Administration must begin moving almost immediately to meet what is clearly its biggest challenge: mending the battered American economy...
Still aching from the collarbone that he broke while cross-country skiing, Carter celebrated New Year's Eve at Press Secretary Jody Powell's house. Then, in what amounted to a last fling as First Family, the President and Rosalynn flew aboard Air Force One to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, which pitted Carter's favorite, the University of Georgia, against Notre Dame. Wearing a button that proclaimed WE'RE NO. 1, the Carters stopped off at Atlanta to pick up some 20 old friends and guests for the game, including Georgia Governor George Busbee...
...only talks of dancing-how he loves it, how he practices every minute he can but means to study agriculture in college. Jimmy? "Well, everybody's guessing what he'll do. I guess he won't rest." With that he is called off for a second fling on the cold asphalt...