Word: suits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...retirement ceremony at Fort Myer, Virginia, Powell donned his "suit of lights" for the last time. As thousands of guests, including George and Barbara Bush, looked on, Clinton awarded Powell the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. "Drum and bugle corps played, cannons fired a 19-gun salute, a flyover of jets and helicopters roared above the parade ground. As I looked over this spectacle of color and pageantry, I would have to be soul-dead not to marvel at the trajectory my life had followed, from an rotc second lieutenant out of ccny to the highest-ranking officer...
...awards in fields of frivol: Oscars, Tonys, Grammys didn't exist. But some people in Atlantic City thought they should give a prize and a title to a pretty girl. The town was the East Coast's premier seaside resort, so she probably ought to wear a bathing suit. And hoping to extend the summer season, the pageant's creators scheduled it for after Labor...
Early on, the thing had a sweet, slapdash air. In 1933 Marian Bergeron, Miss Connecticut, was summoned offstage and a producer said, "My God, she's it!" She was handed a strapless white satin gown and told to take off her bathing suit and change--right there in the wings. Bergeron, now 77 but a decorous 15 at the time, refused: "So two chaperones built a little screen around me, and I put on the gown. Six boys and two girls put a gorgeous robe over my shoulder--it had a train half the size of our living room...
Senator William Roth of Delaware is a creature of habit. He once took a liking to what his aides agreed was an ugly brown corduroy suit, so much so that he wore it even on the hottest summer days. His staff finally had enough of the monstrosity. An aide confronted him: "Senator, the bad news is there was a fire at your house." Before the horrified Roth could say a word, the aide continued, "The good news is it was confined to your closet." The brown suit disappeared. But he still sticks to an offbeat wardrobe that seems a fitting...
Despite Ramus' legal problems, his literary career is proceeding smartly. Foreign rights to Thief of Light have been sold to 13 countries, a movie deal is in the works, and he has started a second novel, focusing on a young art appraiser. As a result of a civil suit filed by his former clients and other creditors, the author has agreed to pay them 65% of his earnings from Thief of Light, as well as a share of profits from his second book...