Word: watching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when he goes on a trip, whether to San Clemente or Peking, they work under acute tension, always braced, like sprinters on their starting blocks, for the sound of a shot. On a tour the agents are immediately recognizable: trim young men with short hair and conservative suits who watch the people while the people watch the President. Often they must struggle to hold back the crowds, and sometimes-as in Caracas in 1958 -they are in danger of losing their own lives...
...they put up a transparent plastic tent that is kept at a toasty 75° by the girl's body heat. Reporting on what he is doing to conserve energy, an eight-year-old Miami boy noted: "I walk to school every day. I don't watch much television. And I try not to take a bath...
...fortunate turn of events (the 50-yd. line tickets I was promised fell through) I was able to a) sleep until noon, b) miss yet another Harvard soccer shutout loss in a year full of them, c) drink Rolling Rock beer all afternoon and, last but not least, d) watch Pat McInally catch 26 passes two times for each catch, thanks to those good ol' ABC instant replays...
Crimson fans will be glued to the tube today, but they will also keep a close watch on the game in Hanover between Dartmouth and Cornell. A Big Green loss could really scramble the Ivy picture. Whatever happens, Harvard and Brown will be in the thick of it, which is pretty good for two who were supposed to be cinderellas...
...subway freaks have discovered that subways are great places to meet and watch people, study, hang out, or most importantly--get to know cities. Heaven for the subway freak is certainly New York, with its 26 lines, hundreds of miles of tracks, and an around-the-clock schedule. The MBTA system is pretty small by comparison--it only has four lines, and closes down before 1 a.m., eliminating the best hours for hanging out, but the Boston subways have a certain spirit of their own which merits the attention of even the most crazed Brooklyn BMT addict...