Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ronald Reagan took to the road last week, moving briskly from Air Force One to limousines and helicopters, and from them to platforms and podiums, his retinue included a field-grade officer carrying a thick black leather briefcase, who usually walked a few respectful paces behind the President. The officer is one of four, representing each of the four armed services, who are responsible for staying near the President everywhere he goes, every moment of the day and night, switching off in shifts. Their other responsibility: not to drop the briefcase. Hence its irreverent nickname?"the football...
...best known of the golpistas (coup makers) is Guardia Civil Lieut. Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, 50, who, with his drooping mustache and patent-leather hat, became an instant celebrity last year as he waved his pistol while holding hos tage nearly all of the Cortes' 350 mem bers. Also on trial are Major General Al fonso Armada Comyn, 61, King Juan Carlos' longtime military tutor; Lieut. General Jaime Milans del Bosch, 66, who declared martial law in Valencia on the night of the coup; and Major General Luis Torres Rojas, 62, who is accused of trying to enlist...
...killed in the fighting. When the Thai soldiers picked their way through the rubble afterward, they were amazed to find that Ban Hin Taek in no way resembled a jungle village. It was a modern town with tennis courts, a soccer field and shops stocked with electric guitars and leather furniture. Officers and chemists in Khun Sa's narcotics army lived in spacious villas with manicured lawns. The warlord himself kept a hilltop aerie outfitted with a television in every room, an elaborate stereo system and a swimming pool. There were even photograph albums of family vacations in Hong...
...London Metal Exchange, housed in a grand stone edifice on Fenchurch Street, exudes an air of ultramodern, professional efficiency. The 29 brokers sit in a circle on red leather banquettes surrounding the marble trading floor and make bids on seven metals (copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, nickel, tin and silver). For the past eight months, however, the exchange has been in turmoil. While prices for other commodities have been falling, the price of tin has been rising steeply. Since July, it has shot up nearly 30%, to more than...
...that innovative designers use the South African hair sheep for their fashions instead of the cow, which is in plentiful supply. These stylish skins cost more than the rancher gets for his whole animal-$300 of beef, bone and leather...