Word: marriott
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anti-Shah Iranians learned that the princess was back in town when the Queen Mother arrived clandestinely aboard an Iran air force 747. After the rioting, Queen Tajomolouk appeared at the Marriott Inn near Los Angeles International Airport. Then she and her daughter retreated to the estate of Publishing Tycoon (TV Guide) Walter Annenberg in Palm Springs, Calif. Said Annenberg about the possibility of further demonstrations against his royal guests: "If they come...
Egypt's hotel shortage may cause a squeeze, but construction is now under way by many companies, including Hilton, Intercontinental and Marriott. On both sides of the Sinai, tourist officials foresee a bonanza as international travelers rush to visit both countries in a single trip. Says Fuad Shady, an official of the Nile Hilton: "We have the greatest tourist package in the world?the Holy Land combined with the world of the Pharaohs?and a great year-round climate...
Utah's Republican Congressman Dan Marriott. In Oklahoma, a Democratic wit sums up the formula for success at the polls: "If you have a Democrat who walks, talks and acts like a Republican, then you have a lead-pipe cinch to win." Democratic Representative Abner Mikva of Illinois, long known as one of the most liberal members of Congress, is trying to live down his reputation in this election. He tells voters that no other member of the Illinois congressional delegation has voted against more spending bills...
...what a lousy job I did," grins McCain, a sassy, prematurely white-haired Navy career man sitting on a soft couch in the glittering Middle American chic of the Marriott's split-level lobby. McCain spent 42 months in solitary confinement, partly because his father, Admiral John McCain, happened to be Navy Commander in Chief for the Pacific. "Until the day I went down, I lived under my father's shadow," McCain explains. "Incarceration relieved me of that burden-he couldn't affect my future there...
...difficult thing to contemplate the likelihood that one spent five years be ing tortured for nothing. As they cluster together around the Marriott's eight bars and omelet-shaped pool, the P.O.W.s seem compelled to approve of the life they found at home. Nearly all of them are confused, embarrassed or annoyed by their strange hero status. Says John McCain: "It doesn't take a helluva lot of talent to get shot down." Virginia Guttersen ex plains: "To a military man, the P.O.W. is a loser, the guy who didn't complete his mission. The Government made...