Word: tartan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nowhere, though, has the North Sea's impact been more evident than on the political and social landscape. Scotland has turned into a tartan Texas-with an ego to match. Scotland wants the oil landing on its shores for itself, and the issue has reopened an old wound: Scottish nationalism...
Like the Beatles, the Rollers have devised a look all their own. Their denim trousers are cut halfway to the knee and trimmed with tartan. Below are striped football stockings and sneakers...
Above are either T shirts or denim jackets, decorated with more tartan. Out in the audience, in Britain at least, are invariably several thousand girls dressed the same way. Says Manager Paton: "It's cheap, it's original, and any fan can dress like a Roller simply by sewing some strips of tartan on a shirt and cutting off the trouser leg at mid-calf." Right...
...Bubble, which had a modern tartan track, was one of the best indoor facilities in New England. Okerman says it motivated Harvard trackmen to attend practices regularly throughout the winter months. But "nobody wants to come down to Briggs to work out," he says. In fact, Okerman claims some of the injuries suffered by runners on the track team this winter may have been caused by the poor quality of the dirt track in Briggs Cage...
...three-hour anniversary ceremony at Kampala's Nakivubo football stadium held late last month was as bizarre and ludicrous as its sponsor. Along with the traditional drums and dancers, the center of attention was Amin's "Black Watch," a motley assortment of Ugandan soldiers in Royal Stuart tartan kilts, tunics, diced glengarries and plastic sporrans decorated with pied crow feathers. A dozen Africans puffed Scotland the Brave on bagpipes-a measure of Amin's admiration for the Scots, which dates back to his days in the British army...