Word: quilted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nine inhabited islands of the Azores archipelago (pop. 300,000) look like a setting for a Graham Greene novel. Sheer rocky cliffs drop abruptly to the Atlantic, while the lush, subtropical countryside spreads out in a crazy quilt of farm plots separated by rock fences. Late each day, young and old alike gather under plane trees in the colorful town squares to catch a little relief from the heat and oppressive humidity, and to talk...
...Bible group. "I'm going to be busy as long as I can do it," says she. So are others. "As long as you can complain and be up and around, you're young," says 91-year-old Mrs. Ellen Wicklander as she stitches on a quilt...
...19th century ambience in six square blocks and twelve buildings, including a firehouse, hardware store and bank. Los Angeles has lined up Comedians Dick and Tom Smothers, former Astronaut Scott Carpenter, former Professional Football Star Roosevelt Grier and a dozen others to design and sew a Bicentennial Celebrity Quilt...
...Model Connie Kreski, is "a terrific woman but not my friend." He adds, as if to set things right, "Not that I want her to box with me." Luckily, Connie does not want marriage either. Says she: "Our house is Grand Central Station. I do my gardening and my quilt work. I suspect I'd become too possessive as a wife...
Sentiment is building in Congress to bring some kind of order to the system's crazy-quilt pattern and at the same tune increase payments. At present, benefits vary widely from state to state. The highest weekly maximum, $156 (with dependents), is made in Connecticut; the lowest, $60, in Mississippi. Of course, many people receive less than those maximums. The Administration has now called on all states to pay an amount equal to at least half a worker's average weekly take-home pay-up to a maximum of two-thirds of the average salary paid...