Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...City's financial crisis. She also feels strongly that a woman should be on the Supreme Court. As a lobbyist, Betty Ford shows innate skill. Along with the unique advantage of what she calls "pillow talk," she confides that she plans her lobbying with care. "I try to pick times when he's in a good mood. I certainly don't harangue him with it when he's had a tough...
...made in their prototype. They hope eventually to bring the cost of the device within reach of other amputees (Hilton's arm, without research and development expenses, would cost about $1,200). Meanwhile, Hilton is demonstrating that the prosthesis is practical; he is learning how to pick up small objects, open cigarette packages and tie his own shoes. He is also learning to be careful, especially when handling delicate objects. A normal male grip exerts a force of about 25 Ibs. Hilton's electronically assisted grip strength is a formidable...
...might be glimpsed there selecting towels, Walter Matthau trying on suits. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis recently passed through to order presents to be sent to Caroline in London. Singer Diana Ross outfits herself and her children there?by long distance from California. Basketball Star Earl Monroe may drop in to pick up some after-shave lotion?and, he says, to "see how people with money...
...compartment) all cigarettes are specially packaged and marked "Spirit of '76." At Camp David, cigarette packages with the Camp David seal fascinate Maureen Dean and she collects them. She wanders through Watergate like an economy tourist on a city-a-day vacation. She gloats over the limousines that pick her up at every airport ("It's the only way to travel.") and is haunted by the fear that another woman might be wearing the same dress as she at a political function...
...smoke $35-an-ounce marijuana at the back. When the train arrives, cabs and buses wait to whisk denizens of the game to Yale's campus, and to the Yale Bowl where the game will be played. In Yale Bowl parking lots old friends gather to sip champagne and pick at delicacies spread across station-wagon tailgates. Antique autos abound, many of which remain in storage all year except for this and perhaps a few other special occasions. At Morey's tavern, well-bred alumni quaff two--dollar cocktails. Undergraduates bring beer and liquor to lunch in the college dining...