Word: gait
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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True, the carefully manicured haircut has gone from black to white, and the jaunty gait has lost some of its bounce, but the chiseled good looks and the smooth-as-silk charm are as timeless as a well-tailored tuxedo. His last movie, Walk, Don't Run, was released in 1966, but Cary Grant, who turned 80 last week, has never lost his Hollywood gloss-or his penchant for privacy. In an effort to keep his birthday "as low key as possible," the actor, born in England as Archie Leach, celebrated by staying home with his wife Barbara...
...brilliant day in the spring of 1980, a stranger arrived at L'Estère marketplace in Haiti's fertile Artibonite Valley. The man's gait was heavy, his eyes vacant. The peasants watched fearfully as he approached a local woman named Angelina Narcisse. She listened as he introduced himself, then screamed in horror-and recognition. The man had given the boyhood nickname of her deceased brother Clairvius Narcisse, a name that was known only to family members and had not been used since his funeral...
...after I am out, I have a good mind to buy you a drink. Two, if you can stand the gait. Will you libate with...
With a cautious, almost shuffling gait, the astronaut began moving about in the harsh light of the lunar morning. "The surface is fine and powdery, it adheres in fine layers, like powdered charcoal, to the soles and sides of my foot," he said. "I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy particles." Minutes later, Armstrong was joined by Edwin Aldrin. Then, gaining confidence with every step, the two jumped and loped across the barren landscape for 2 hrs. 14 min., while the TV camera they had set up some 50 ft. from Eagle...
...talk is interrupted by an important telephone call. Amin answers and listens glumly. Haddad is at the other end of the room on an extension. He too is expressionless. The shells are still exploding outside as the President finally excuses himself, moving to the door with an almost boyish gait. It is midnight, but there is still work...