Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Saigon hummed with nervous anticipation, Washington with barely concealed jubilation, Paris with electric excitement. For the first time since the Viet Nam peace talks began 51 months ago, there seemed to be genuine evidence of a breakthrough toward peace. Rumors of the initiative roiled through capitals from Canberra to London. The word was that Lyndon Johnson, in the last three months of his presidency, was on the. verge of ordering a complete bombing halt over North Viet Nam. At week's end, Johnson had still made no overt move, and U.S. planes continued to range over the northern panhandle...
Onassis is not very imaginative: last August he reportedly gave Jackie a silver-filigree bracelet stamped J.I.L.Y. (for "Jackie I Love You"), just as he once gave an M.I.L.Y. bracelet to Maria and a T.I.L.Y. bracelet to Tina. He is no clotheshorse. His baggy suits ("Made in London while he's in New York," comments a Monacan critic) are always worn with a blue shirt and blue tie. He prefers to go shirtless on his yacht, and pays strict attention to his waistline...
...particularly women, prize him as a perfect listener. Even more peripatetic than Jackie, he caroms around the world carrying only a battered attaché case and a gold-embossed red leather appointment book. Duplicate sets of clothing await him at his pieds-à-terre in Paris (on the Avenue Foch), London (Claridge's), Montevideo, Athens and Manhattan (the Pierre). Under his ownership, Olympic Airways?on which he holds a charter from the Greek government until A.D. 2004?is an ever-ready magic carpet...
...issues" chart of most-discussed topics. Last week the law-and-order issue on Nixon's charts slipped from September's 20% to only 11.9%, while Viet Nam spurted to 24.5%. Nixon workers even keep track of the shifting odds on the U.S. elections offered by London's bookmakers, who last week favored the G.O.P. ticket...
...styled commando groups of Palestinian Arabs that are striking out against the occupying Israelis. Before Hussein can consider making his peace with Israel, he must leash the commandos. Last week, as the king prepared to fly back to Amman after a month of rest and minor medical treatment in London, the shock waves of struggle were reverberating throughout his kingdom...