Word: carpetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cornell's big chance came last in the second quarter, which runner back Harmon galloped nearly halt the length of the carpet until tackled from behind by John Dailey at the Crimson 30 from there Cornell drove to the nine before its drive collapsed. First, after a time out, Maguire took too long calling his signals. Then at the 14 the whole offensive line moved before the snap--an illegal procedure. Then Maguire went for paydirt--and tired straight into Dailey's arms at the three-yard line...
Call them the L.A. Raiders of the Ivy League, the only team that travels to its home games. Because while Columbia renovated Baker field, the closest thing the Lions will have to actual home turf will be the hard green carpet of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Columbia students will have to leave the state to see their own Homecoming...
...role in the area. That role, as he has said, attaches importance to "cooperation rather than confrontation, and modesty rather than self-assertion." Nakasone has been meticulous in presenting himself as the exemplar of Japanese humility. That personal care extends to the way he responds to the red-carpet treatment on trips abroad. Nakasone claims that on such visits, he never walks down the center of the traditional welcoming mat for heads of government, because to do so would display arrogance. "Because I walk on one edge and my host walks on the other," he says, "the center stays very...
Sotheby's sees Taubman as a White Knight who will fend off an unfriendly takeover attempt by two other wealthy Americans, Marshall Cogan and Stephen Swid. Cogan and Swid head General Felt Industries, a New Jersey maker of carpet backing, and Knoll International, a manufacturer of office furniture. The two, both art collectors, acquired 29.9% of Sotheby's stock and announced that they wanted to buy the rest. Sotheby's was apoplectic. Chief Executive Graham Llewellyn threatened to "blow my brains out" if the bid succeeded, and Sotheby's staff of experts in London warned they...
Thus, as part of his daily routine, Alpert commonly receives calls to identify and eliminate insects ranging from some of the most common pests, like clothes moths or carpet beetles, to some of the most exotic. He has dealt with pests, such as Ornithonyssus bacoti, a tropical rat mite; Pollenia ruidis, a form of cluster fly; and a rare species of beetle larva that was found in a shipment of books...