Word: royals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next great tennis argument and they should be years settling it. Each man likes the other about as much as a foot fault at match point, and the promise of tennis with extra spice brought the former King of Greece and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the royal box. McEnroe looked up and thought to himself that Thatcher's presence was appropriate: "Two conservative guys playing." He won their semifinal in three straight and serene sets. Subsequently, the improbable Lewis beat Curren in a thrilling five-setter and gave thought to an upset of McEnroe...
...thrill of a lifetime," proclaimed Vice President George Bush, 59, after he and five-time Wimbledon Winner Bjorn Borg, 27, came from behind in a friendly but hard-fought game of doubles at Stockholm's Royal Tennis Hall to defeat Sweden's former Davis Cup Star Jan-Erik Lundquist, 46, and the country's Ambassador to Washington, Wilhelm Wachtmeister, 60, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. The winning team's post-mort opinions of each other's play reflected the differing strengths of their diplomatic strokes. "I think he played very well," said Borg...
...official concern for the Pope's safety seemed exaggerated, the Polish police had good reason to fear an outbreak of antigovernment demonstrations. After the Pope left St. John's Cathedral, Solidarity supporters rallied in front of the Royal Palace and began to march through downtown Warsaw to the headquarters of the Communist Party Central Committee. Soon the crowd had swelled to 30,000. Gray-haired grandmothers walked resolutely alongside teenagers. Little girls riding on the shoulders of their fathers flashed the victory sign. If the procession, at times, had the air of a carnival, there were also moments...
...banner held above the crowd bore the insignia of Rural Solidarity, the independent farmers' union that was organized in May 1981 and dissolved in October 1982. But there were also more traditional symbols of Polish patriotism, including an ensign emblazoned with a golden Polish eagle wearing a royal crown and brandishing a cross. The crowd roared enthusiastically when it caught sight of the white-and-blue helicopter carrying the Pope from Warsaw. He returned that feeling, joining with them as they sang a hymn...
...Unitarian begin his prayer? Answer: "To whom it may concern . . ." That dog-eared ecclesiastical joke became a real possibility last week, as the Unitarian Universalist Association opened debate on a rather radical proposal: to delete any mention of God from its founding statement of principles. The Rev. Walter Royal Jones Jr., head of the drafting committee, noted that the idea was subject to change, and a Colorado layman protested, "We can never sell this." Nonetheless, the move toward godlessness represented a growing consensus among Unitarian Universalist congregations in the U.S. and Canada...