Word: memento
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...found it nearly unrecognizable because of all the new housing developments," he says. "But elsewhere you can drive for hours and see hardly a soul." Los Angeles Bureau Chief William Rademaekers, who will soon be leaving the U.S. to become senior correspondent in Europe, picked up a memento of the West's vast distances during his many long days reporting the story: a $5 speeding ticket in Montana. The friendly patrolman told him, "If you want to drive fast, just keep $5 on your dashboard. We don't take checks...
...wall in his office. The more subtle the tie and limited its distribution, the more prized it becomes. One of the most highly sought-after ties is the one by Pepsi-Cola with the company logo in Cyrillic script, distributed to a select group of Soviet officials as a memento of the company's trade knot with the U.S.S.R. Another collector's gem because of its scarcity in the U.S. is the navy blue Toyota tie with the automaker's name in Japanese...
...fitting memento because today begins the last weekend ever of men's varsity basketball at the Indoor Athletic Building. Perhaps...
...pictures of himself and one of his wife Laura. The menu and program for a lavish dinner the Tennessee Army veterans held at the Palmer House and the entire seating plan. An 1868 reunion ribbon, some handwritten notes, two pieces of wartime paper money. One memento to his future heirs was sealed with red wax and carefully labeled: "Cigar given to John McNulta by General U.S. Grant, November 14, 1879, must not be opened for 100 years and then smoked by some one of the descendants or by some soldier who has rendered good service to his country...
What's a visit to Washington without a souvenir snapshot with the White House as a backdrop? If you are a VIP tourist like sunny Suzanne Somers or smooth Donald Sutherland, however, the memento is a little more exotic. Shooting scenes in the capital for Nothing Personal, a comedy in which they play two lawyers fighting a nefarious corporation while falling in love with each other, Somers and Sutherland took time out for a peek at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Jimmy Carter was busy and Rosalynn was out of town as they rolled up to the gate...