Word: watchband
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush still wants to be President. He jogs, has no double chin, still wears a preppie watchband. His body and his ambition should easily survive two Reagan terms. After eight years of loyal if inglorious service as Vice President, Bush would have a strong claim on the top spot of the 1988 Republican ticket. He would be 64, an age we used to consider too advanced for starting a presidential quest, much less enduring the rigors of four years in office...
...carrels being dark, but a graduate student was still engrossed in work four carrels away, and there was an overhead light that stayed obstinately on with no switch in sight. Time moved at a crawl, especially since he had incautiously put his head down directly on top of his watchband...
...Double-note crossovers and over-and-unders.' He called the bass drum 'the foot propeddler.' He'd show up at work some nights during the '50s wearing a tux and tails with a turtleneck shirt and an Army fatigue cap with a watchband on it. He'd wear white gloves and have a big plate of food like chicken or crayfish put on the piano. While the band warmed up he'd be right on stage, eating. When he was ready to play he'd take off his white gloves, which were...
...last week crowded into the waiting room of the Empire Diamond & Gold Buying Service on the 66th floor of the Empire State Building. Outside Jonathons Coin in Los Angeles, 250 people waited in line. Noted Vice President Richard Schwary: "With gold selling for about $600 an ounce, an old watchband is worth a lot. We have really got a panic here. The stampede is on. A decent sterling silver tableware set will go for $3,000 to $5,000. I gave my mother $3,000 for hers...