Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nervous hoopsters played sloppy ball but had moderate success with a new offensive play designed to move the point guard inside for closer shots. Freshman guards Frenesa Hall and Nancy Boutillier made the play work and moved the Crimson within two points of SMU at the half...
...perilous mountains, to complete the first flight over the South Pole in a Ford trimotor called the Floyd Bennett. Flight 901 was scheduled to be far more comfortable, cruising at 35,000 ft., well above any turbulence, descending only in spots to 6,000 ft. for a closer look at the scenery. All the while, the cabin crew kept the sightseers plied with plentiful food and drink. Lunch offered a choice of Tournedos Rossini or Chicken Sauvaroff, plus a special meringue dessert named Peach Erebus. That dish was to be served as the aircraft passed one of the most spectacular...
...trying to go out fairly fast but easy, wanting to feel good the first half and then bring it back hard," Lundberg said afterwards. "We've been working on the second 100, trying to get me swimming closer to even splits...
...Goffstein's Natural History (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $6.95) gives children another kind of reassurance. The terse text and light watercolors examine a little ball called the planet earth, then move closer to watch the interdependence of animals and humans. It manages to touch lightly on all aspects of life, from war and poverty to square meals and love...
...noted that with increased interest in state and local government issues at the Kennedy School, "it was clear that the two groups were moving closer together...