Word: cone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Competing in the newly dedicated Cone Cages, a facility touted as one of the fastest tracks on the East Coast, Princeton rebounded from disqualification in the opening 800 meter relay to take four of the 11 remaining contests. The Tigers also dominated the second, third and fourth-place standings...
...gave the region its nickname-"Silicon Valley." Growing up alongside the semiconductor companies in such towns as Sunnyvale, Los Altos and Cupertino are a host of new, high-tech industries. Says Michael Shields, a catalogue marketer in Palo Alto: "Living here is like riding in the nose cone of the space shuttle. We're riding into the future...
...with mattresses, lay a work of art under them, and rent the services of a small child. On a very hot Sunday afternoon, I drive from Venice to the border. So will thousands of other tourists. A few kilometers before customs I stop and buy a large ice-cream cone for the child. By the time I have reached the crowded border and the smartly dressed, white-gloved and harried customs officers, the child has smeared the gelato all over his face. The customs man always recoils in horror and orders me to drive through...
...REAL VALUE of the book lies in its explanation of the indirect benefits of conservation. Mankind could lose valuable but as yet unknown drugs from plants, the esthetic beauty of the gnarled Bristle Cone Pines and the majestic blue whales, and the companionship of our pets. Crass, short-term harvesting of whales to make a profit or use of DDT to save time, or polluting to cut costs--all these deprive us of natural novelties which once gone can never be creat#d again...
...himself had a craving for a double dip of pistachio on a sugar cone, he'd go to Triples, in Syracuse...