Word: umbrellas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plays games. Father tears it up and writes an advertisement of his own that draws a queue of cross, solemn applicants. Before you can say Walt Disney, they are whisked away from the doorstep by a high wind, and over the rooftop sails Mary Poppins, dangling from her open umbrella. "I'm sure the children will find my games extremely diverting," she announces blithely...
Beirut is also beautiful, with cool groves of umbrella pines and great clusters of purple bougainvillaea. It is rich, not from oil but from oil revenues of more than $3 billion a year, poured in by sheiks from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; they flock to Beirut to play among a people who speak their language and understand their needs. Moreover, 92 banks flourish on deposits from Arabs who are distrustful of their own governments and appreciate the Swiss-like secrecy enforced by law. Recently, Intra Bank of Lebanon bought the 28-story Canada House on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue...
This year the U.S. team turned up with a secret weapon: a radical new "Para-Commander" chute that ought to do for parachuting what fiber glass does for pole vaulters. Instead of the usual umbrella-shaped 28-ft. canopy with a single wedge cut out of it for maneuverability, the 24-ft. Para-Commander has 34 small openings or holes for exhaust vents, comes down almost 50% slower (13 ft. per sec.) and is much more maneuverable. In eight accuracy jumps at Leutkirch, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Richard T. Fortenberry, 26, hit dead center three times...
...title by scant centimeters in 1960, placed third in 1962 when he competed with a broken collarbone. But the real crowd pleaser was the women's world champion, pert, brown-haired Dallas Secretary Tee Taylor, 22. Three years ago, Tee didn't know a parachute from an umbrella. But then someone invited her to try it and she was skyhooked. She had only 455 jumps when she showed up at Leutkirch, but she won the style event-and averaged a bare 1.44 meters off dead center on her series of two official jumps from 1,000 meters, more...
...enough to cover a pool. The risk rate on more insurance seems low-one company typically charges only $37.50 a year for a $100,000 pool liability policy-but well-heeled owners, who may be sued for a packet, are more and more turning to a $50,000-deductible "umbrella" policy that covers everything from pools to boats for up to $10 million. For people who throw poolside parties and fret about the consequences, some companies charge a mere $250 for a one-night policy covering 100 guests up to $1,000,000. With that, the whole party can fall...