Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even though the Crimson couldn't capitalize on a big break a few splashes later, when it recovered a Big Red fumble on the ensuing kickoff (Lynch's 33-yarder was a wide right this time after a drive never got going), it appeared that a 3-2 lead against Cornell in the slop might just be sufficient...
...high snap from center should have been a break for us," Restic said, with the look of one who's just received a C on a paper when he was sure he would get at least...
...didn't become so powerful or win a 730,000 vote plurality by flashing his Ultra-Brite teeth or by claiming virility and experience as his major assets. Daley is strong because the Cook County Democratic organization (more commonly referred to as the "machine") functions so smoothly. But machines break down without fuel, and that fuel is patronage and other material inducements...
...billions of pounds of paper threaten to crush an entire civilization! See actual money collapse, then rise from its ashes! See an entire nation tremble before the Gnomes of Zurich! See panic nearly break out! Yes, the British government was back again last week with still another episode of the Saga of the Plunging Pound, and for theatrics alone it was one of the best performances ever. At one point in the drama, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey headed for the Orient on other business, then changed his mind and rushed back from the airport to his desk. Prime...
...their lawyers) may especially appreciate. In 1856, while he was practicing law in the Springfield, Ill., area, the future President was asked by two physician friends to defend them in a malpractice suit brought by an elderly man whom they had treated for a leg fracture. Though the break eventually knitted, the limb was slightly shorter than before. Briefed by the doctors on the difference age makes in the brittleness and healing of bone, Lincoln dramatically demonstrated the point in court with broken chicken bones. Then Lincoln turned to the plaintiff and said, "Mr. Fleming, instead of bringing suit against...