Word: norwegians
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German, Mexican, Polish and Norwegian sidewinders proliferated in the pros in the 1960s and '70s until Americans got the knack. In 1966 Cypriot Garo Yepremian's brother wrote to tell him about the land of milk and honey, and the soccer-style pioneer, Hungarian Pete Gogolak. Garo, a humble tiemaker, left home immediately to be a famous tie breaker. "The next thing I knew, I was a Detroit Lion," recalls Yepremian, who would serve four N.F.L. teams. "The first game I ever saw was in Baltimore against the Colts. I kicked off." Before the game, Yepremian...
After dining with the Soviet leader, Norwegian Actress Liv Ullmann gushed that "Brezhnev looks a little vain, but I feel an immediate liking for him when he takes my hand and tells me that he loved The Emigrants [her 1972 film]." Brandt's wife Rut was also taken by his gallantry. On his first state visit to West Germany, in 1973, Brezhnev kissed her hand and said, "You are the first person I am going to invite to Moscow." Cozying up beside her on a sofa, he promised that "all Moscow will lie at your feet," as a gaggle...
...years since its creation, the prestigious and often controversial Nobel Peace Prize has been bestowed on personalities as famous and colorful as Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. The award has also been given to faceless organizations. In 1981, the five-person Norwegian Nobel Committee passed over Polish Trade Union Leader Lech Walesa to bestow its gold medallion and $180,000 in cash on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
Myrdal's efforts have made her a darling of antinuclear circles. In 1980 she received the inaugural Albert Einstein Peace Prize in New York City, an award presented by former U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Last year Norwegian pacifist organizations raised funds to give her a special People's Peace Prize to protest her having been overlooked by the Nobel Committee. Says Myrdal of her 1982 Nobel award: "The prize money will come in handy to support the peace campaign...
...modern mode of Scandinavian design frozen into an abstract machine aesthetic. It is a creative way of meeting changing practical and emotional needs. Seen in this context, Danish modern is fresh, exciting and timeless. Like Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto's bentwood armchair (circa 1929) or Norwegian Eystein Sandnes' 1959 porcelain tableware, Danish modern transcends fashion...