Word: medallion
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reviled newspaperman whose "Night Owl" column extolled for nearly four decades the sybaritic pleasures available to expatriate men in Thailand's capital; in Bangkok. The Brooklyn-born Trink covered the city's go-go bars, massage parlors and pubs, making the rounds with his Thai wife in tow, owl medallion around his neck and maroon polyester pants hitched up to his chest. He wrote in a retro style in which prostitutes were "demimondaines," and press releases were preceded by the phrase, "The tom toms have it ..." His signature sign-off was, "But I don't give a hoot." The column...
...Affable and self-effacing, Matsui certainly has the quickest smile east of Yokohama. On this brisk, autumn afternoon in downtown Tokyo, he wears it with a black velvet blazer, a black silk shirt and the gold peace medallion his wife, Mio, gave him in October for his 28th birthday...
...shopping trips, practice interviews, official appearances and make-up consultations into my senior spring, it was time for the two-week National Finals competition. A week after graduating from high school I found myself on a plane bound for The Land of Dixie, wearing a borrowed red suit, my medallion and a nametag reading “Kristi Jobson, Maryland...
...None of them seemed particularly catty or driven to win, although one girl lingered behind after rehearsals to grill me for tips on the interview. Last Saturday night I gave a goodbye speech, performed my talent one last time, and gave this year’s winner her silver medallion and a huge hug. Theresa promenaded the stage, tearfully clutching her flowers as she blew kisses to the cheering audience...
Neck bare, I stood stage right watching the shiny medallion glint against her gown. I’m a has-been, last year’s queen, all washed up. But thinking about all the preparation and all the appearances Theresa has ahead of her, life post-title doesn’t seem...