Word: yachting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hard times for guy dieties, even those who are elected. George Bush, in another sketch, is fishing from the presidential yacht with Willie Horton -- got him out of prison for the afternoon, figured he owed Willie a lot -- when news breaks of an invasion of Chicago: wave after wave of squat, flat- nosed horsemen in leather skirts, waving their fists and rolling their little red eyes. Bush calls for bipartisanship and issues a statement that barbarianism is a long-term problem, no quick solutions, the answer is education. The President will, it is promised, decide soon whether to name...
Finally, on the afternoon of his 47th birthday, seven months after he took the oath of office, the President came to rest on a New England island so small it has no traffic lights. Martha's Vineyard, a 100-sq.-mi. haven of quaint shingled houses, quiet country gardens, yacht-studded harbors and stunning beaches, has many attributes to recommend it, not the least of which is that its inhabitants are sufficiently celebrity-trained so that no one stares into opera diva Beverly Sills' grocery cart at Cronig's or gawks at Jackie Onassis riding her bike near her house...
What a difference a year makes: Gardini reached the peak of his fame only last spring, when his racing yacht, Il Moro di Venezia, defied sailing experts and reached the finals in the America's Cup. Il Moro's success cast Gardini as the personification of Italian style, an image especially sweet for a man whose childhood on a farm in Ravenna earned him the lifelong nickname "il contadino," the peasant...
...left town for Mickey Mouse's place in California. The message: "Get home in time to feed your dog." Last week a seething Eisner threatened to review deals under which Time Warner distributes Disney records, books and magazines. In response Time Inc. canceled a marketing conference at the Disney Yacht Club near Orlando. Wall Street was wondering when the companies would make up and say, "That's all, folks...
...visited Port Antonio again to dance in a tourist filled nightclub, to purchase more sun block, to venture from the harbor in a yacht. We also reentered the marketplace to buy gifts for friends and family back home. Leaving the country, we came across a copy of a Jamaican paper. The Sunday Gleaner. Its top story was a glowing account of the prime minister's inauguration. His win, the article said, represented an overwhelming mandate to improve the nation's economic status...