Word: yachting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reunion is full of sideshows and of the half of them that are actually prearranged, one of the best is this boat tour that leaves the docks of the Manchester Yacht Club under the direction of a number of neighborhood women. Ostensibly the tours, led by bossy old ladies with cutesy-tough names like Muggins and Bet, ostensibly introduce interested alumni to the fine homes that overlook the coastline's coves. But, as Muggins confided to her coworkers, "Hah, I don't waste my time gushing on about all those old houses. I just let 'em all chew about their...
Married. Norton Simon, 64, industrialist, art collector and maverick California Republican who spent nearly $2,000,000 in an unsuccessful 1970 Senate primary contest; and Jennifer Jones, 52, actress and 1943 Oscar winner for The Song of Bernadette; he for the second time, she for the third; on a yacht in the English Channel...
...electricity is not likely to be turned off at Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth's private income from her Lancaster estates alone comes to some $720,000 yearly. British taxpayers already ante up about $4,744,800 for such items as the upkeep of various palaces, the royal seagoing yacht Britannia, two royal trains and five royal aircraft-plus the royal phone calls and postage stamps...
...movie in Cairo with his wife, Gehan. Eventually he received a message from Nasser, threw on his uniform and arrived in time to make the radio announcement of the successful coup. Later, Sadat was assigned the task of supervising King Farouk's departure into exile aboard his royal yacht, Mahroussa. Watching the scene from the bridge of an Egyptian navy destroyer, Sadat was so overcome with emotion that he had to be carried ashore by sailors. Years later, in a similar surge of emotion, he collapsed in tears over Nasser's coffin...
...sense a good deal of enthusiasm for the race this year." race organizer Phil Youngman said yesterday. "There will be a lot of crew jocks on the field. all of them vying for that kiss from that girl from the Wellesley yacht club as they cross the finish line...