Word: paisley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long bus ride from Houston to Austin, the green flatlands float past the window and Madonna settles down for an interview. She is wearing a Kelly green knit skirt, which is peeled down over her belly, and a Paisley shirt knotted above her waist. Her streaked blond hair is twisted into a bun and held in place by a big red bow. Her lips are painted bright red and exaggerated. Her voice is a little raw and raspy...
...walking tour of Clarendon Court, the family mansion in Newport and the alleged scene of the crime, Von Bulow strayed over to the kennel to play with the three golden retrievers he has not seen in more than three years. Suddenly he broke down. He quickly removed a paisley pocket-square, dabbed away his tears, then abruptly reset his stern...
...long as you don't wear paisley with paisley it doesn't matter says Wayne A Jefferson director of Test Prep Services in Cambridge. "We hire out people used on their intellectual abilities and what they wear is up to them as long as it's not shabby...
...Labor Party, did his best to mediate, Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey disagreed sharply over the options. Not surprisingly, the most formidable opposition to the forum's report was from Ulster's majority Protestants. Led by the militant Rev. Ian Paisley, they have staunchly resisted any link with the predominantly Catholic republic, effectively foredooming the forum. Indeed, Paisley and his supporters traveled to the Irish capital under cover of darkness to demonstrate their contemptuous response to the report at the Dublin post office...
When it came last week it brought jubilation to the organization's supporters and outrage to just about everyone else. The Rev. Ian Paisley, the militant Protestant leader, called for the resignation of Nicholas Scott, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office. Said British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in Ottawa at the start of a visit to Canada and the U.S.: "It is the gravest [breakout] in our present history, and there must be a very deep inquiry." An embarrassed James Prior, Britain's seasoned, avuncular Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, immediately announced...