Word: scotland
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...kidnaping of Alhaji Umaru Dikko in London [WORLD, July 16] was overly concerned with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's anger over the incident. The more important aspect of the story is that other Dikko-type Nigerians are living off stolen public money in London. Instead of unpacking Dikko, Scotland Yard should be uncrating the millions of dollars that corrupt Nigerian officials have been stashing away in British banks...
...late Kenneth Clark of Civilisation fame. Others apparently agreed: the painting was sold to an anonymous individual for $10 million and change, $3 million more than for the previous record holder, also a Turner. Lord Clark's estate had offered the treasure to the National Gallery of Scotland for a mere $3 million or so, but the museum pleaded poverty...
...Ritgen, as for most veterans, the war is never far from mind. On a trip to Scotland last year, he visited Culloden Moor, the site of the last battle fought between the English and the Scots. Says he: "I would like to think that Normandy began the last battle between West Europeans. It was the start of a new Europe in which we have had 40 years of peace...
...invasion takes place before June 13." An angry Dwight Eisenhower ordered him reduced in rank to lieutenant colonel and sent back to the U.S. As the invasion was about to begin, Leonard Dawe, a physics teacher who composed crossword puzzles for the London Daily Telegraph, was grilled by Scotland Yard detectives. They could not believe Dawe was unaware that such words as Utah, Omaha, Neptune and Overlord, all of which had appeared in his puzzles, were code names connected with Dday...
Hewlett-Packard, the electronics company, owns a dozen vacation spots for its workers to use, including a country house in Japan, a lakeside resort in Scotland and several ski chalets in the German Alps. Hospital Corp. of America pays its employees to keep fit by giving them bonuses for every mile they jog and every lap they swim. Control Data, the computer manufacturer, and Reader's Digest have community gardens on company grounds where employees can grow their own vegetables. And, yes, there is a free lunch, at least for all workers at the Morgan Bank and Northwestern Mutual...