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Meantime, Air Force Lieut. Colonel Monty Stokes, 26000's pilot, glanced over his gleaming ship. It had been plied with Turtle Wax, polished, cleaned, fueled and stocked. Terry Yamada, the chief steward, remembered that Ford liked butter-pecan ice cream, and he requisitioned a couple of quarts. He added some Don Diego cigars for Nixon, a secret indulgence. Yamada made certain that he had enough footies and eye masks for the 23-hr. 35-min. round-trip journey...
Women, of course, cause the most gnawing and perplexing hungers. Yet the men scarcely begin the tales of wives and lovers when their stomachs start to rumble. The refrigerator, "our ice mother," is raided. Its contents-salads, chicken, turkey, salmon, pecan pie and chocolate cake-are devoured, though they are meant to feed the host's wife and friends...
...selected as the 1981-'82 swim captains at the squad's banquet Monday night at the European Restaurant in Boston's North End. Renowned for their gastronomic prowess, the swimmers lived up to their reputation as they downed unlimited quantities of pizza, chicken cacciatore, wine, and a specially-made pecan and chocolate buttercream cake... After the awarding of varsity and junior varsity letters and numbers, departing co-captains DEBBIE JACOBS and KATIE KELLEY gave out special honors to team members for their better splashes outside of the pool. Drawing the most laughter was one Kirkland House resident's present...
...drive out from the Albany, Ga., airport in a rented car, 40 miles north toward Plains, the first clear fact is that the country hasn't changed-not the physical country, not hereabouts. The meticulously tended pecan groves stand on in the clean light; the well-grazed cows are still marching barnward in neatly spaced lines as if in rehearsal for their next state fair. The two crossroad towns, Leesburg and Smithville, show a little new paint on the old stores. But otherwise the stretch looks much as it must have all Jimmy Carter's life-no billboards...
...oldfashioned, but drugs, pornography and even pecan-ripple ice cream don't turn on my love lights. I like sexy talk, music and a drink. If a man undresses me, all the better. Still, I can be aggressive sometimes, and I've seduced at least one man in my life. It shouldn't be surprising that I want to make love more often...