Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just the Derby which requires a host of good hotels, restaurants, spots to satisfy the demand; a year-round influx of some of the world's wealthiest people creates a fascinating dual economy and culture in the oldest state west of the Appalachians. Mercedes sedans park next to beat-up Chevy trucks; private helicopters swoop down on quiet farmland; expensive restaurants spring up next to Billy's Bar; and Joe Bob the trainer, a plug of Red Man in his cheek and a splash of mud on his boots, rubs elbows with Texas wildcatters and Arabian princes...
Once he is ready to launch the final takeover battle, Pickens sets up a command post at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria or Helmsley Palace hotels. From there, he directs the action like a general, keeping in round-the-clock touch with allies and moneymen across the country. "He's incredibly well plugged in," says a Wall Street financier. "One of his great strengths is that he has more sources than anyone." Notes an investment banker: "He's an absolutely brilliant poker player, though there's a little chess in his game...
...voice one traveler described as "pretty shaky," Ming asked passengers to secure their seat belts. An hour later, the 747 made an emergency landing at San Francisco International airport, on wheels that were intact despite the damage to the jet's underbelly. On touchdown, Ming received a round of heartfelt applause; he in turn apologized for any "inconvenience and discomfort." Fifty passengers suffered minor injuries during the dive, and two flight attendants were hospitalized with back injuries...
Tate was speaking only of men, however. Women are not allowed to ride. "Cajuns are basically pretty chauvinistic," he said. "Women are pretty good all-year round. They don't have much of an act to clean up. We open doors for them. We would not put them on a horse. They basically don't have things they have to get out of their system." Tate is thinking of suing a Northern newspaper for having sketched him once as a little narrow-minded...
...toast you, then they wheel up buckets of money; and finally, of course, they vote you in. Last week Geraldine Ferraro, 49, seemed well on her way to fulfilling the dream. At a $100-a-head benefit roast for the Women's Action Alliance in Manhattan, she took a round of ribbing from the likes of her daughter Laura Zaccaro, Feminist Gloria Steinem, New York City Council President Carol Bellamy and Comedian Marilyn Michaels. Then Ferraro took a turn at ribbing herself. "Governor Cuomo said the focus of the campaign should be the family. But I didn't know...