Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problems come with traffic," says Harvard senior Geoffrey Knauth a cox. "Sometimes it's clear sailing, sometimes three, sometimes four, sometimes even five boats are trying to go through the same arch...
That will probably be in March 1987. It will still be called the America's Cup, after the John Cox Stevens yacht that won the trophy from the British in 1851. Meanwhile, Western Australia is girding itself for a building boom in anticipation of the challenge. At least seven new hotels are expected. There are also plans for a "yachting city," to accommodate as many as 20 challenging teams, sail lofts, dockyards and marinas, and a communications and press center. Australia III, also designed by Lexcen, is already on the drawing board and, claims Builder Steve Ward, is "better...
...Says Grace Gordon Cox, of Boston, under LETTERS in the Jan. 9 issue of TIME...
...COURTSHIP of Peter and Patricia makes for sometimes hilarious entertainment, but it never descends into mere farce. Both lovers are forced to confront their own flaws: Peter is caught shoplifting, and Patricia battles her fear of sex. Director Paul Cox never lets the comic episodes detract from the seriousness of the pair's problems, but rather lets them compliment the underlying drama...
...response, the defendants charged that they had been tortured into making false confessions. Wing Commander John Cox told the court that his interrogators rubbed a "red-hot wire brush" between his buttocks, then tortured him with electric shocks. After the ordeal, he testified, "I asked them what they wanted...