Word: wax
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team would have to be changed." Even so, when it comes to payola, Europeans are way ahead. They regard their skiers as natural resources vital to the promotion of winter tourism. Thus European ski groups maintain cash "pools" to keep their racers in ski wax and maybe a sports car or two. France's Jean-Claude Killy was reportedly rewarded with $30,000 in pool funds after winning three gold medals at the 1968 Olympics. And if skiers are able to pick up a little extra pocket money on the side, well, more power to them-unofficially, of course...
...stop we got out and joined hundreds of smiling, energetic people of all ages and both sexes who were filling black wax-paper bags full of dirt and placing a coffee seedling in each bag for later germination. It was a hot day but lots of people were talking animatedly and singing. They seemed to see it as a weekly outing and only a portion of the work that thousands of others in the canefields and in factories were also involved in. There are no financial rewards for this kind of labor, just a colorful pin to wear...
...visit to Mme. Tussaud's wax museum, an American ambassador once observed, "is just like an ordinary English evening party." Last week, as Mme. Tussaud's celebrated its 200th anniversary in London, the company was a bit more animated. At a dinner in Tussaud's halls, with the likenesses of Mao and Churchill staring eerily on, Earl Mountbatten examined himself and said: "Every few years they bring you up to date-take out a few hairs, add a wrinkle." Perhaps the only personage whose image had improved was Mary Queen of Scots. Her biographer, Lady Antonia Fraser...