Word: stan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since Jan. 11, when three crew members of a United Airlines cargo jet were killed when it crashed into a swamp near Detroit just after takeoff. Among those who perished were Curtis Mathes Jr., 54, chairman of Curtis Mathes Corp., a Dallas television manufacturing firm, and Canadian Folk Singer Stan Rogers...
...addition, there were some peculiarities which only the most devoted council members was able to appreciate. The council's office, burred in the basement of Canday Hall, was maintained by a scrupulous office manager, Stan S. Butler. The chalkboard was always washed, and notices on the bulletin board were always squarely lined up and pinned with four tacks each. Butler also apparently labelled everything "OFFICE COPY." Including one participant recalls, a single matchbook deep in a musty file drawer...
Your readers' letters in support of Steven Mosher were unfair. Americans always use their ethical standards to judge other cultures. Forced abortion is inhuman, but the native Chinese view of abortion is different from ours. As an anthropologist, Mosher should have known this. He got what he deserved. Stan Siao Ann Arbor, Mich. Gorgeous Hunks...
...Stan Margulies, Producer
...father's golfing companions took to calling Tommy "Fly" for "Flytrap Finnegan," the mouthy caddie of the Toonerville Trolley, since young Tom scarcely uttered a word. Stan Thirsk, the Kansas City Country Club pro who would be to Watson what Jack Grout has been to Nicklaus, a lifelong tutor, noticed Tom in a drive, pitch and putt contest at seven. "Usually a kid that age will just haul off and try to slug the ball," Thirsk says, "but already he had a beautiful balance." It was not until five years later that Thirsk took over Watson's schooling...