Word: fork
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HOMECOMING is the season's most tantalizing drama, by Harold Pinter, who prods and arouses with the twin-tined fork of shock and humor. Vivien Merchant leads the Royal Shakespeare Company through a moody production in which even the pauses are eloquent...
...bamboo pole topped with offerings of betel nuts to propitiate the spirits. Before Tet begins, the good spirits of forest and stream, garden and hearth, head for the stars to report to the Emperor of Jade, thus leaving the world to the evil offices of fork-tongued devils and scaly trolls. In defense, the Vietnamese must plant apricot shoots outside his home, scatter lime powder around the yard and set off giant strings of firecrackers (which caused some combat-weary soldiers on leave in Saigon to dive for cover...
...White House. That is sometimes a problem, since many of Inter-Continental's 10,000 employees in 27 foreign countries had never worn shoes or used a knife and fork until the hotel began training them. Few early guests of the Beirut Phoenicia will forget the experience. Maids burst into occupied guest rooms to plug in vacuums to clean the halls. Water pipes sprang torrential leaks, turning lobby light fixtures into overhead fountains and drenching clothes stowed in bedrooms. Such difficulties were overcome, and Pan Am flew in 900 travel agents from all over Western Europe...
...tension aboard the plane during the flight back to Washington, according to Manchester, that after Air Force One landed at the capital, Kenny O'Donnell, one of the late President's oldest friends, literally blocked the exit when Lyndon Johnson tried to leave with Jacqueline. A fork lift was rolled up to the plane to remove Kennedy's casket, and Jackie stepped aboard with other members of the late President's party. O'Donnell prevented Johnson from riding down with the group...
...high doll whose face-a composite of 20 Congressional Medal of Honor winners-is instantly recognized in at least 10 million American homes. Launched over three years ago by Hassenfeld Bros, of Pawtucket, R.I., he has 21 movable parts that enable him to salute smartly, grasp the fork of a tiny mess kit with ease, crouch in a foxhole or squeeze into a Jeep. "He's like a real person," said Chicago's Jon Anderson, 5. And while some fathers worry that doll-playing is "sissy," others find Joe "real gutsy." Asks one mother: "How else...