Word: elbowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...amiable visage and quick humor that Ronald Reagan displays in public indicate a President unchanged by his first weeks of residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For a closer look, TIME White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett spent most of Lincoln's Birthday at Reagan 's elbow, an exclusive vantage point that enabled him to watch the President at staff conferences, meetings with dignitaries, and ceremonial events. Eleven crowded hours revealed important differences between Reagan the candidate and Reagan the incumbent. Barrett's report...
...colleges and universities where professors do not take enough interest in their students' research to check the sources. Teachers can require students to bring to a scheduled conference every book and article used in a term paper. If students know they must sit at the professor's elbow for a 15-minute random check of the accuracy and honesty of references, the paper mills will not have a ghost of a chance...
...Come with me, please." His mysterious elbow hold not only immobilizes his victim's arm, but also seems to make coherent speech impossible. Show him a Crimson press card, perhaps...
...ethereal instinct on the field. In center, he moves with the ball, not simply to it or at it. At the plate, his swing has nothing unnatural about it; the stroke is so patently correct, that others are no doubt compelled to try to copy it: the high left elbow, the perfect isoceles triangle of arms and chest at the moment of contact, and the long and level follow-through. But no one could imitate it, at least not exactly, because for all its simplicity, it is destined to be unique...
Then, gliding down a slope through hickory and oak trees with Rosalynn, Carter caught a ski on a rock and tumbled, landing on his left elbow and shoulder. In considerable pain, he was flown by helicopter to Bethesda Naval Hospital outside Washington, where an X ray showed that he had broken his left collarbone. Treated with painkillers, and his arm in a sling, the President flew back to Camp David to finish the weekend in less energetic fashion. Still, he planned to go to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl game on New Year's Day, as the final...