Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short time, Berlin felt himself mined out. But an invitation from Moss Hart to collaborate on Face the Music in 1932 opened a rich new vein of melody. Depression America fought off the gathering gloom with the cheery bounce of Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee. For the first-act finale of As Thousands Cheer (1933), he dusted off an old clinker called Smile and Show Your Dimple, put a new bonnet on it and called it Easter Parade. Two years later, it was on to Hollywood, where Berlin wrote many of the tunes that sent % Fred Astaire...
Even landlubbers who find yacht racing about as exciting as watching grass grow might get a charge out of the litigious storm swirling around the America's Cup. After the San Diego Yacht Club defeated a challenger from New Zealand a year ago, a New York judge took the Cup away from skipper Dennis Conner and awarded it to the loser. The judge reasoned that Conner had violated the "spirit" of the competition by racing a featherweight catamaran as a last-minute response to New Zealand's extra-long 132-ft. monohull...
Last week the case took another tack as a New York appeals court overturned that judgment and restored the Cup to the U.S. The decision was applauded in San Diego. But in New Zealand Michael Fay, head of the challenging syndicate, hooted, "A disgrace to sport. If it is not overturned, sportsmanship and the Cup are out the window." New Zealand will appeal. Planning for a 1992 Cup competition off San Diego has been on indefinite hold, but is now expected to resume...
...down, says the voice of reason. Have a nice cup of decaf tea. Try to remember that a car is not a puppy. True, the dreamer muses, but if adult automobiles bred and had young, the result might be a Miata: short nosed, rounded and soft looking; mischievous, with a funny, not quite serious growl...
...Allan E. Powell, the Coop's general manager, said the third floor location was intentional. "We wanted people to migrate to the third floor," he said. The Coop's sporting goods section is on the third floor near The First Cup...