Word: corneres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President: a life-size painting of Elliot Richardson, done by the former Commerce Secretary himself. An inveterate doodler, Richardson, who also served as Attorney General in the Richard Nixon administration until the infamous Saturday Night Massacre, loaded his self-portrait with symbolism. He is painted into a corner, Richardson pointed out, but signal flags in the background impart the message: "I expect to refloat." Tiny sperm whales on his blue necktie recall the adage, "The spouting whale gets harpooned." Quipped Richardson of his canvas: "You may ask yourself, 'Why not the best?' The answer, of course, is that...
...again confronted with one of the detractions of being number one because though the world loves a winner, it loves an underdog even more. While Kerry Reid was mounting what looked like a possible upset of the top-seeded Navratilova last night, the crowd gathered unanimously in the Reid corner...
Kruger seemed to take backhand lessons from Goolagong, as she battled back from the deficit, and the match went to a nine-point tiebreaker at 6-6. With the tiebreaker even at four-all, Goolagong reached back and rifled one of her finest serves to the corner that Kruger couldn't touch...
...succession of new teams is determined by the order of the arrival of waiting players. This statute evokes such arguments as, "I was here an hour ago but went downstairs," or, "I was over in the corner watching, but I'm next for sure...
...stairs. I usually laugh. He's pretty humorous." Even Crystal confesses to being a touch "terrified" now that Warren has invested in a .44 Magnum. Recently, Zevon was so enjoying brandishing the weapon as he ran around his house wearing a duck mask that friends had to corner and disarm him. "In the '60s," Zevon explains, "I couldn't have conceived of owning a gun. Now in the '70s, I feel that nobody's going to mess with me. You go from mindlessly believing in peace to arming yourself to learn how to have...