Word: suits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mythic wonder that fills his books Grendel and Jason and Medea is present here in the form of vignettes and metaphors; and even when he rattles on about the good and the true, Gardner never pontificates, never becomes self-righteous. Even when what he says sounds like it would suit a preacher among the unbaptized, his manner remains that of the elderly raconteur, sitting by the fire with a mug of ale and a pipe...
...dresses a little more neatly and wears a few more white shirts and stiff collars. His principal aide, Hamilton Jordan, appears more often in a suit and tie and leaves his boots at home. Carter weighs a steady 154, and his bowling prowess has improved to 160-165 a game. He has had more of the White House trees labeled, and he wanders among them as friend and admirer...
...comes near to relishing presidential perquisites, like the box at the opera, Air Force One and Camp David. He does not carry his own suit bag or his briefcase so much, sees more the need to act presidential...
Attorney Marshall Bitkower filed suit against the sheik, asking for $2 million. Fearing that the sheik might soon leave the country, Bitkower decided to serve the papers himself. The sheik, it seems, had been expecting one of his own lawyers; he invited Bitkower up and gave him a $20 tip for his trouble. When he discovered his mistake, he was furious again. Said he: "I'm going to see to it that you go to jail...
George de la Pena, 22. Soloist, American Ballet Theater. The slight (5 ft. 9 in., 140 lbs.) De la Pena's long suit is a powerful sense of theater. At A.B.T. he has danced such roles as the Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty, a sailor in Fancy Free and the Nutcracker prince. A high point came last year when he played the old dollmaker in Coppélia. A curtain-time substitute, he gave a dark, almost mystical performance that New York balletomanes still prize...