Word: greyingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Christina was docked again last week at the grey-green isle of Skorpiós, and the principal figures were the same?Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Aristotle Socrates Onassis. This time they were the center of rapt international attention. From practically every capital and every level of society, the guests and members of the wedding came, by jetliner, shuttle plane and helicopter, to the mountainous island in the sunny Ionian Sea. From Holland an elaborate airlift brought in mountains of tulips, and lemon buds to be woven into garlands for the bridal pair. From the mainland came Father Polykarpos Athanassion, pastor...
...ravaging parasites themselves at the scene's end, even before their victim finishes her last gasps. As if this weren't enough, Prince shows the women hideously climbing up the platform, evil beasts holding Hortense's gaily colored parasols against the background of lighting designer Richard Pilbrow's mournful grey...
Swift Change. With his stringy legs, gaunt visage and balding, grey-fringed pate, Cranston looks like a latter-day Ichabod Crane, and his campaign style is reminiscent of Sleepy Hollow. Nonetheless, he holds a substantial lead over Rafferty in recent surveys, despite the fact that G.O.P. Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon appears to be far ahead of Democrat Hubert Humphrey. Recently, Mervin Field's California Poll gave him a lead of 47% to 35%, with 13% undecided and 3% in the "won't vote" category. There is likely to be an extraordinary amount of ticket splitting; Pollster Don Muchmore...
State and local politics reflect the impact no less than national politics. New Hampshire is tranquil, but talk about law and order is rampant. Democratic Governor John King, now running for the Senate, discerns a fine grey line between treason and dissent: "We have reached the point where we had better draw that line and say, 'You shall not pass.' " John Sears, Republican sheriff of Suffolk County (Boston) has been appointing Negro deputies, attempting to work with ghetto groups, and telling his men that they need not carry weapons at all times. His innovations have loosed a cascade...
Associate Editor Bob Jones, who wrote the Essay, says that he always spits on the bait when he goes fishing, and he insists the stunt pays off. As for Senior Editor Bob Shnayerson, for years he kept a tattered grey sweater in his office and wore it whenever he worked on major stories. This week the sweater disappeared and Bob worried all the while he edited the Essay. "Lost," he kept muttering. "All lost...