Word: taking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first leg of a state visit, Andrew often competed with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for the attention of crowds. As hundreds of thousands of Tanzanians cheered the royal family in Dar es Salaam, one busty woman tried to seize Andrew's attention. Ignoring the words TAKE MY BODY emblazoned on her T shirt, he discreetly averted his gaze. Two teen-age girls got more of a rise from the prince by standing outside church on Sunday morning and holding up a banner that read HI ANDY, STOP ROUND FOR SOME COFFEE. He walked over to the startled girls...
...Avila, who 20 years ago played second base for the Cleveland Indians when the Indians had more chiefs than they do these days. Avila in ten years with Cleveland appeared in three All-Star games and in 1954 won the American League batting championship with an average of .341. Take that, oldtimers...
...merger bid is approved, it has enough stock to take immediate control of the company without having to negotiate with other shareholders. Despite its majority holdings, Pan Am, which paid $42 a share, or about $186 million, for the stock, does not control National. Under a CAB dictate, all the contenders must hold their National shares in a nonvoting trust. In addition, Pan Am still has several important hurdles to clear. For example, the CAB must still give Pan Am approval after consulting with the Justice Department about whether the merger violates antitrust laws. Finally, the merger decision must...
...elaborate costume but along the way he also executes a ribald torch dance, pours flaming alcohol over his body, swallows a lighted torch and twirls sparklers. The third and final ecdysiast is Larry Slade, 32, who once worked as a bodyguard for the pianist Liberace. To feminine cries of "Take it off, take it all off!" Slade slowly peels away his tight black outfit and then performs a slinky number with a towel under the kaleidoscope lights before he parades among the tables of appreciative women...
...Today, as it nears its official opening in October, the John F. Kennedy Library rises grandly from the edge of the Columbia Point Peninsula in Dorchester, six miles from Cambridge. Designed by I.M. Pei and Partners, the complex includes two theaters, a museum, an eight-story archive, and-to take advantage of the site's sweeping view of Boston harbor-a glass pavilion. "The location," says Library Director Daniel Fenn, "is a smash." Cambridge, we hardly know...