Word: poole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...garnished its second issue with a five-picture layout of a topless BB, looking mighty like a senior citizen, sunbathing in Rome with her totally in-the-skin husband, unaware that a paparazzo had, in Brigitte's words, "cut a hole in the dense vegetation surrounding the swimming pool and villa." The legendarily pneumatic Bardot had more than invasion of privacy to worry about. Commented Milan's disillusioned Corriere della Sera: "One could almost fear that the nudity of Brigitte, triumphant in innumerable films, belongs to a stand...
...stringer, did much better with a second-hand kelly-green flannel shirt and a string of Philippine seed beads. Washington Correspondent Philip Mandelkorn managed to get by in ordinary sports clothes, but he found reporting difficult. Entering a hippie guru's pad "was like jumping into a cool pool on a hot summer day. I just didn't feel like taking notes." The most difficult dress problem was encountered by Writer Robert Jones, who visited a commune called Morning Star near Sebastopol, Calif., where he was invited to join the yoga exercises. They are usually done...
Many other investors regard mortgages as a last-choice outlet for money. Pension funds, the nation's fastest-growing pool of savings, have put a mere 8% of their $100 billion hoard into mortgages. Because of monthly collections and bookkeeping, lack of standardization and archaic foreclosure laws in many states, mortgages are clumsy and costly to handle. Restrictions on interest rates (6% maximum in ten states, 7% in six) divert funds elsewhere. Only Government-backed mortgages, less than a fifth of the total, can be readily traded among investors. The 6% interest ceiling on FHA and VA loans, handiwork...
...restatement of the Greek myth of Theseus, who entered a labyrinth on the island of Crete to slay the monstrous Minotaur. In the pavilion the labyrinth is evoked by a series of eerie corridors and chambers, including one auditorium where audiences peer down from galleries on a swimming pool-sized screen. At the same time, an oblong screen, 38 ft. high, confronts them at eye level. Sometimes Labyrinth uses the two screens to show off: a girl on the far screen throws a bit of bread away; it lands with a splash on the shimmering pond of the bottom screen...
Though the President was still empowered to change to the 19-year old pool, the Defense Department cautioned against making the move without a lottery...