Word: carting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They used different modes of transportation. The Adelphi lacrosse team was riding in a golf cart. Harvard was sitting behind the wheel of a Ferrari...
...theory, spring-loaded reflexes and microscopic eyes should make a winner. Pilots joke that proficiency in arcade video games helps too. But skill isn't everything. "Getting that little bitty death dot on that target isn't easy," says Anderson. "You might get bumped by turbulence or the cart ((bomb rack)) might be slow. The jets aren't perfect...
...police provide squad-car escorts, but they cannot follow every bus. Besides, they often become targets themselves. Bottles are routinely hurled at patrol cars, and a shopping cart, an automobile transmission and even a refrigerator have been heaved out of high-rise windows, narrowly missing the cruisers. The Guardian Angels have taken to patrolling the buses, but drivers complain that the red-bereted figures make them a more attractive target. On the Guardians' first bus patrol two weeks ago, Founder Curtis Sliwa and his squad hit the deck along with terrified passengers when a lead pipe smashed through a window...
...with the sweat of your brow . . ." When he finished, the crowd burst into applause. One of the other singers screamed, "You passed!" and flung himself at Patenaude in a congratulatory embrace. The crowd applauded again. "I don't know what it is," said a young woman pushing her grocery cart toward the parking lot, "but they sure are serious about...
...great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of conditions around him, colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...