Word: maroons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Members of the search committee were unavailable for comment yesterday, but the Chicago Maroon reported that Gaylord Donnelles chairman of the committee and of the Board of Trustees, admitted that Wilson is one of 15 people under consideration...
...silence followed. It was broken only when the ex-Emperor protested, "We have served our people in war and peace." Minutes later, he was led out of his marble palace to a tiny blue two-door Volkswagen. The monarch who for years had been chauffeur-driven in a huge maroon Mercedes-Benz limousine could still not believe what was happening to him. "What? In there?" he asked incredulously. "Yes, in there," replied an officer courteously, as he pulled forward the front seat to enable his passenger to squeeze into the rear. As the auto pulled away, Haile Selassie turned...
...Hollywood mansion? A millionaire's resort? Actually, these solaces and services are available on an airplane so sumptuously fitted that it makes Hugh Hefner's vaunted black Bunny-a DC-9 -look like steerage. The world's most luxurious aircraft is Starship I, a maroon and gold Boeing 720 that rents for $2,500 per hour or $5 per mile (whichever comes higher) and is patronized exclusively by musical groups, who are about the only people these days who can afford such prices. They apparently like what they get: Starship is booked solid for the rest...
...political terrorism were still notably scarce in British life. One evening last week in London, McConnell was given a persuasive reason to reconsider his analysis. As he was riding in a cab near Buckingham Palace, a white British Ford in front of him veered to the left, forcing a maroon Austin Princess limousine to a halt. On top of the limousine, visible from front and rear, was a shield displaying the royal coat of arms. Inside were Princess Anne and her husband of four months, Captain Mark Phillips...
...while singing a squeaky version of Happy Birthday. When he got some icing on his hands, he dutifully followed the directions called out by his wife: "Lick your fingers, Dick." He even got his Irish setter, King Timahoe, to lick off a glob of frosting that had polluted his maroon sports jacket. Pointing at the sullen skies outside, he joked to his aides: "Take the rest of the day off. Go out and enjoy the sun, the swimming...