Word: walls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tacked to the wall of Associate Editor Burton Pines' office is an outsized map of the world, with each nation a distinct and striking hue. "Looking at a map like this one," says Pines, who occasionally glanced at it while writing his second straight cover story on the Israeli-Egyptian negotiations, "helps you take account of geopolitical realities when discussing U.S. foreign policy...
Senior Glenn Parsons thought that the beaches and sun-bathing were definite reasons for choosing Gibraltar, but he also noted, "We were looking for a basically off the wall vacation. Besides, its free...
...Alexandria, Carter was met by the largest, most enthusiastic crowd of the Egyptian visit. An estimated 1 million people lined the 3½-mile drive along the Mediterranean Sea wall from the railway station to Ras el Tin Palace, where the Carters stayed. That night Sadat was host at a gala state dinner...
...companies seem, destined to reap an absolute embarrassment of riches. According to projections by Wall Street's Paine Webber Inc., Ashland Oil, the nation's largest independent refiner, will see first-quarter profits leap by 517% over last year's earnings; one reason is the deals that the firm has been rushing to slap together during the crisis. Last week Ashland eagerly paid an exorbitant price, about $19.50 per bbl. for 300,000 tons of Iranian crude, even though the company's inventories are all but overflowing. Ashland executives had no firm idea of what...
...tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Yesterday I discovered "Bert loves Margie" written in every stall of the Science Center men's bathroom. Harvard graffiti may never have been witty, but some of us yearn for the old days (the 1960s) when the writing on the wall (as Dylan put it) reflected a more politically committed student body. Ralph Baumgarten...