Word: motel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...training programs). Said he: "I've always seen this as a ten-year job. It's time for a change, personally and institutionally." Jordan insisted he has fully recovered from injuries sustained 16 months ago when he was shot by a sniper outside a Fort Wayne, Ind., motel. That incident did not influence his decision, he said, adding: "I'm not leaving the movement. I'm leaving the leadership. I won't run away from civil rights cases as a lawyer, but I won't be at the cutting edge...
...idea is beginning to take hold in the U.S. as well. Today's domestic travelers are seeking not only to beat room rates of $100 and more at many large hotels, but also to get away from the drearily impersonal sameness of the motel chains. Homeowners, meanwhile, have discovered that taking in paying guests can help them cope with soaring fuel bills and real estate taxes. Most B & Bs are situated in small towns or country resorts, but they are also to be found in cities from Philadelphia to San Diego and at prices far below those of even...
...designed for families; there are often limitations on the number of guests per room, and fragile antiques and bric-a-brac do not coexist with small children. But for those who have embraced the B & B way of travel, there is no going back to hotel high-rise and motel monotony...
...hour was late and the motel parking lot was a jumble of cars, but they were out there anyway, a group of time-worn black men whipping a baseball around with sweet abandon, razzing and wisecracking and carrying on like kids. It had always been like this: the joy of the game transcending rock-hard diamonds and fading light...
...first time that some of them had seen one another since the old days, and they had a lot of catching up to do. The splendid second baseman Piper Davis fired a ball across the lot, popping it in a mitt loud enough to wake the entire motel. Davis, who managed Willie Mays when he played for the Birmingham Black Barons, had turned 64 this year and was obviously pleased with himself. "Boy, I still got it," he said with a grin. Across the way a gnarled old man with a bat on his shoulder stooped over an imaginary home...