Word: parka
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sworn not to use any too-artsy techniques, like the slow motion in Goodbye Columbus as Ali bounds toward the river for a swim one balmy evening. Altogether, Hiller impressed me as the most intelligent person around. He strolled up and down the ice in his huge grey-green parka, looking out from the fur with deep brown monkey-wise eyes in a face that does not look so much lined or aged as well-used...
...release him, and he dangled behind the aircraft until he could cut himself loose with a knife. The 82nd's commander, Major General John Deane, parachuted smack into the middle of an icy 50-ft.-wide stream. He was hastily fished out and draped in a dry parka before going to meet South Korea's President Chung Hee Park at a reviewing stand near...
...would be "a jumping place." That will be in keeping with the pace that the Prime Minister has set. While Canadians are enjoying the Trudeau panache, he is savoring the perquisites of his office. On a 9,780-mile swing through the Arctic last month, he acquired a sealskin parka, drove a motorcycle across the permafrost, and danced with an Eskimo go-go girl. During a recent visit to Montreal, he spent an evening clinking glasses at Man and His World, this year's version of Expo. On a jaunt to see Romeo and Juliet at Stratford...
...retreat in Beatenberg (pop. 1,200), about 26 miles from Berne. Living in a small hotel, the Jungfraublick, Svetlana relaxed for two days in the crisp air, enjoyed a breathtaking view of the Jungfrau and other peaks. Feeling confident, she strolled to a nearby ski shop to buy a parka and ski pants, more appropriate to the surroundings than the olive two-piece suit that she wore. It was her undoing. The store owner recognized her and phoned the news to the sensationalist Zurich tabloid Blick, which offers money for all such tips...
...getting excited about everything?, "a law student in a red parka asked one as he sipped a glass of pink punch. "Isn't it dull? I've never seen a duller group...