Word: tree
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...into a big, black Zil convertible with Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky and went bowling off into the country. Spotting a wood chopper beside the road, Nikita had the car stopped, leaped out and seized the ax from the startled peasant. After lopping off a few branches from a fallen tree, Nikita popped back into the car, perspiring. At the tiny village of Pleurs, he lifted a glass of champagne and shouted, "Vive la paix...
...wanted an American he could be nice to, Cleveland Industrialist Cyrus Eaton, 76, recently awarded a Lenin Peace Prize, flew to Paris with his invalid wife, but got there only as K. was about to depart at Orly Airport. Eaton told K. the story of George Washington, the cherry tree and telling no lies. Later, Eaton was asked if he regarded Dwight Eisenhower as a liar in the spy plane ruckus. "No," replied Canadian-born Millionaire Eaton, "but we pulled some serious fibs. We need to return to the principles of George Washington." His helpful history lesson earned Eaton...
...peace-of-mind drug were highly disturbing. A woman remembered that she had left a light burning at home, turned around quickly, became dizzy and fell, breaking her thigh. A man got into his car, sent it roaring into reverse without bothering to look back, and plowed into a tree at 15 m.p.h. A mild little woman ruined her accident-free driving record in a downtown wreck and reacted angrily in traffic court...
...Soviet, British and U.S. delegations in turn climbed up the Elysee's colonnaded staircase to their destination: a sunny salon where once Madame de Pompadour used to hold intimate dinners for her cronies in the court of Louis XV. There, in view of the blossom-laden chestnut tree that dominates the Elysee gardens, the fateful confrontation began...
...pilot's license, he took his turn at the controls of a light plane in an unprecedented 10,000-mile flight from Bombay to Singapore and back. Aly Khan slew quantities of lions, tigers and water buffalo, but always on foot and never from the safety of a tree platform. In World War II, he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion; after France fell he joined the British forces and served as a liaison officer with the U.S. Sixth Army group, winning the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de guerre with palms, the U.S. Bronze Star...