Word: tow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bolt, and if Orville and Wilbur Wright had not been kiting enthusiasts, a Russian might have invented the airplane after all. But the adult U.S. male who shows up at the park with kite and twine is certain to be suspect unless he has a passel of kids in tow. And there is something definably foreign about the doughty Somerset Maugham hero who preferred to rot in jail rather than pay his ex-wife alimony-all because she had smashed his favorite kite...
...Subway. New York officials laid their own plans accordingly. Police leaves were canceled, cops and tow trucks were assigned stations along the highways and bridges. Transit Authority police, who guard the subway system, were given posts in key trains and subway stations...
...late husband designed and built the first one in 1911, and that gave the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America a bright, if belated, idea. They would bestow honorary membership on Suzanne Chevrolet, 75. Off chugged the members to her home near Detroit, with a vintage 1915 Chevy in tow. The automaker's widow graciously climbed behind the wheel, chatted about Swiss-born Louis Chevrolet. And which model does she drive today? "A Mercury," she replied. "They gave me a better deal...
...helicopter to the Lakonia to see if anyone was still on board; from the vessel, a British officer reported that the liner was a burnt-out hulk. As the rescue ships sped from the scene toward the port of Funchal in Madeira, the ruined liner was taken into tow by the Norwegian salvage tug Herkules...
...Meanwhile in Mexico, the cast and crew of The Night of the Iguana had long since gone home, but Liz and Burton, who had no home to go to, were still there. Richard the Lionhearted, taking regular Harry Truman constitutionals, paced briskly along with members of the press in tow, covering the 1,200-meter distance from his villa to his favorite bar without even getting winded. Assuming a quick finish to the Fisher business, when would he become the fifth Mr. Taylor? "Probably about January 20." Why wait? "There will be a few days' delay arranging the wedding...