Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trumpeters wearing the ceremonial uniform of the Household Cavalry sounded a fanfare, waiters bearing silver platters of food strode into the opulent Lancaster Room of London's regal Savoy Hotel, long a favorite dining place of princes and Prime Ministers. What the 250 guests had gathered for, however, was not an affair of state but of the palate: a British firm was introducing the Churkey, a brand of bird that combines the delicate flavor of a chicken and the meatiness of a turkey...
...Japanese it means king. In Japanese baseball it means the King: Sadaharu Oh, highest-paid athlete in Asia, with an estimated career income of $7.5 million. Honored bearer of uniform No. 1 for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants, he led the team to 13 Central League pennant titles and twelve Japan Series victories in 21 years. Sadaharu is a lefthanded power hitter with a .301 career average and 868 home runs to his credit, more than Babe Ruth's 714, more than Hank Aaron's 755. Oh, what a commotion when Oh-san, now 40, retired! Five sports...
...game opened with an immediate, if somewhat sluggish Harvard press deep into the Yale zone. Before the Elis gained control of the ball, Crimson co-captain Sue St. Louis, playing her last game in a Harvard uniform, placed a perfect crossing pass in front of freshman striker Joan Elliott, who directed the ball into the net and sent Yale goalie Angie Harris sprawling...
...Japan, where loyalty to the corpo ration is almost a state religion, every factory employee from the manager on down puts on a uniform bearing his firm's logo before checking in each day. The aim is to make workers feel like members of a team, on the theory that this boosts productivity. Unlike many Japanese ideas, however, the notion of mandatory company duds may not be all that exportable...
...awareness of feminism. It's a Living (ABC, Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. E.S.T.) is set in a posh Los Angeles restaurant, where five spunky women try to keep a sense of humor as they fight off lecherous customers. Lecherous viewers, however, are encouraged: the waitress uniforms look to have been painted on by Frederick's of Hollywood. On Wendy Schaal, who brings just the right mixture of innocence and sensuous vitality to her role, the character fits as well as the uniform...