Word: maiden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cast of Patience is smaller than most G&S crews only seven women from the maiden's chorus and seven men the dragoon soldiers. And yet the small company ample fills the intimate Agassiz stage, which is highlighted with a colorful backdrop of two birds standing nose to nose and flowers spread over the two story set. The costumes are floral as well. Characters constantly flourish huge plastic flowers, reminding us that the traits the plot hangs on are ephemeral and will wilt in time...
...unbelievable," said People Express President Donald Burr, 41, who at the last minute decided to take the maiden flight. "We've been flying for only two years, and we have to pinch ourselves to realize we're starting service to London." His fellow passengers were equally ecstatic. Said Robin Raines, 28, an aspiring actress from New York City: "You can't beat this price. For once, I'm jet-setting." People plans to fly five 747 round trips between Newark and London weekly. The airline already has more than 35,000 requests for reservations...
Should you decide to stay, you'll witness a sport that has probably been seen by more people in Nottingham, England, than on the entire Eastern seaboard of the United States. Players will be "bowling" the ball into batters in an attempt to perform such feats as "bowling a maiden over"--a maneuver that has no real correlation to anything in baseball other than striking a batter out without the batter losing...
...fixes can be made quickly at the Kennedy Space Center, Challenger may be able to take off on its maiden voyage by late March or early April, two months behind schedule. The delays have already cost more than $3 million. And the tab could climb still higher. At week's end technicians found that a lashing rainstorm had left deposits of fine grit, possibly beach sand or salt crystals, inside the payload bay. This could mean an expensive, time-consuming cleanup...
...reality of the situation in the early stages. Whitaker fell in love with her." The merciless over-coverage of Diana (including, Whitaker boasts, an 80-m.p.h. car caper in which he drove alongside the car she was driving while a photographer snapped her picture) showed the English public a maiden so sweet and wistful that the Prince would have seemed a blackguard had he failed to propose...