Word: goldings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...agreement that established Laos's neutralist regime. The coup leaders were a pair of strange birds, even for the wild aviary of Southeast Asia: Kouprasith is a nervous strongman with a pet baby elephant, an incipient ulcer and a reliance on sedatives; Siho plays the dandy, wears three gold rings and affects an ivory-handled pistol to go with his favorite blue dress uniform. Although Siho is generally regarded as a henchman of rightist, anti-Communist boss, General Phoumi Nosavan, both coup leaders claimed to have acted without involving Phoumi, who, as Deputy Premier and Defense Minister in Prince...
...notion of what a ballet theater's mood should be: he designed the building, he says, to make everyone in it feel formally dressed whether he is or not. Two sweeping grand escaliers lead up to an immense promenade. There Johnson put carpets on the walls, gold leaf on the 200-ft. by 60-ft. ceiling, and patterns of travertine merlino rosso marble on the floors. Then he ringed the room with three inner balconies...
...Bonds of Gold. So far, the vast majority of repayments are right on schedule, and the bank has established such a gilt-edged reputation among world bankers that two recent bond issues were oversubscribed. Moreover, the U.S. has added another $411.8 million to its original $350 million subscription, and other members have agreed to increases bringing el BID's total capital to $2.1 billion...
...Lenin appeared in yet another prominent place: Nikita's chest. The Order of Lenin was pinned on him by President Leonid Brezhnev. There were other decorations. Outer Mongolia awarded Khrushchev its Order of Suhe-Bator, Czechoslovakia weighed in with the Order of the White Lion, first class, with gold chain, and top orders came from East Germany and Rumania. The congratulations almost recalled the "personality cult" that once surrounded Stalin; they salute Nikita as a "militant leader, a fiery tribune, giving his burning energy in the service of the cause of Communism...
...carefully knocked the ash from his Ignacio Haya Gold Label cigar into the shiny new dashboard tray. At each traffic light, his dark eyes surveyed the car's interior and his fingers roamed over every piece of metal and fabric within reach. At one light, the driver of a Chevrolet Impala pulled along side and mouthed through his closed window: "Is that it?" He was left behind in the exhaust. As the white car approached a school bus and slowed again, the win dows flew up and the children in side chanted: "Mustang! Mustang! Mustang!" This week Ford...