Word: wore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pauline, Napoleon's second sister, generally considered the most likable of the Bonapartes, was a nymphomaniac who, according to Stacton's account, "treated men as she treated clothes: if she did not like them, she wore them only once; if she did, she wore them out." In Auguste de Forbin, a society painter "endowed with a usable gigantism," she found a man who wore her out. To the horror of her husband, Prince Camillo Borghese, she went through money even faster than men, but she always found cash when Big Brother needed it. Were she and Napoleon lovers...
Julie Christie, who stepped from her Cadillac with a bored-looking, beatle-mopped chap named Don Bessant, was dressed, prophetically, like an Oscarette in a gold lame pajama suit. Kim Novak slinked by in something that looked like a sequined American flag, while Julie Andrews wore a red-orange wool broadcloth with a deep-V "wrapped front" and a 30-karat topaz pendant...
...former Tufts University half-miler now in the Navy. For some reason, she got to like it. So she hid in bushes near the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., waited until the main bunch of runners had disappeared before launching herself onto the course. To disguise her sex, she wore a hooded blue sweatshirt, but when that got too warm, she peeled down to a black swimsuit and Bermuda shorts. For a good portion of the race, she jogged alongside Alton Chamberlain of New York, who said afterward: "She didn't look half as bad as some...
...beat Clay Hamlin, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. The Penn junior followed his service to the net to consistently score on the volley. Hamlin's net game remained strong throughout the match, but Benjamin was lobbing well and he got even better as the match progressed. Benjamin simply wore his opponent down with his combination of lobs, drop shots, and fantastic retrieving...
...baseball is here, spring can't be far behind. It can't come too soon for Houston Pitcher Turk Farrell: last week he complained that the saliva on his spitball was freezing up. Then there was Mickey Mantle, who wore gloves to bat-and Whitey Ford, who was desolate when the umpire took away the hot-water bottle he was using to keep his pitching fingers warm...