Word: sash
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DIED. Ichiro Nakagawa, 57, Japan's youngest, most militantly right-wing 1982 prime-ministerial aspirant and a persistent champion of nuclear arms development for his country; by his own hand (he hanged himself with his kimono sash); in Sapporo. A colorful country boy who swaggered into the Diet's lower house in 1963, Nakagawa ten years later helped found the Seirankai, a secretive ultratraditional group whose 31 members helped one another gain clout in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including two Cabinet positions for Nakagawa. But after finishing fourth and last in November's election...
...costly development program. But when oil prices dropped and interest rates shot up, Mexicans rushed to trade their pesos for more stable dollars, forcing a devaluation. In the ceremony at the Congress of the Union hall last week, Lopez Portillo bequeathed to his successor the green, white and red sash that is the emblem of office. He also left a foreign debt of $80 billion and not enough money even to meet the interest payments...
...main question facing President Amin Gemayel, and his country, is whether the ruling Christian Phalangists can create and maintain a working alliance with their old Muslim foes that will survive the honeymoon period of the new presidency. As he accepted a red-and-white sash imprinted with the Cedar of Lebanon as the emblem of his office, Gemayel last week indicated that he perceived the dangers. "A single concern grips us now," he said. "This is to stop the vicious cycle of bloody violence on Lebanon's soil.'' -By Russ Hoyle. Reported by William Stewart/Beirut
Wearing the green, red and white sash that symbolizes Mexico's highest office, a somber President José López Portillo took the podium in the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress last week to give his final state of the union address before retiring in December. Few political leaders have ever had to deliver a valedictory under such grim and humbling circumstances. Mexico's economy is staggering in a profound crisis that threatens the country's political and social stability. Inflation is running at 60%. More than half the population is unemployed or working...
...Reginald Kenneth Dwight. In standard police clothing and cruiser, Hackett and Dwight then casually drive the 15 blocks to the Gateway Arch. Once backstage, Dwight looks around, then begins to peel the blue to reveal a black matador outfit trimmed with gold sequins, a gold belt and a pink sash, and his true identity for more than a decade: Elton John, 35. The crowd gets its man, but the police lose a future New Centurion. Says Hackett wistfully: "He looks pretty good in uniform...