Word: exitement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inhale deeply and, rolling their eyes to the ceiling and fluttering their hands in the vicinity of their heads, attempt to crowd aside so that the one woman, in the fragility of her gender, may exit first, followed by eight men and their dense exhalation of martini fumes. b) Since the sex of the passengers is irrelevant here, everyone leaves the elevator in the most efficient and logical order, the men nearest the door departing first. As some people of both sexes are still uncomfortable with such uncourtly procedures, a man may put them at their ease by making...
...roll of 50s and makes a knowledgeable remark about the vicissitudes of the Baltimore Colts. c) She extracts from her ice cream dish a fragment of broken glass brought along for just this purpose. She and her companion complain loudly about foreign objects in the food, and both exit in a huff, leaving the check unpaid on the table...
Then in the dramatic, retiring Yale coach Herman Hickman told his quarterback Ed Molloy, You start pitching and I'll start walking." As Hickman strolled away from the sidelines and toward the Bowl exit, Molloy tossed the Elis 65 yards upfield to knot the score and end The Game...
ROUTE 128 from Hanscom Field to the Lynn exit was never so easy to drive on. No cars, except for the motorcade--only people lined up on the side waving at the black limousine, with the flags streaming alongside the strong hood. "Welcome Mr. President," was spelled out on the Showcase Cinema billboard, and players on the golf course took time out from their putting to see the sight. State police officers stood at every exit, and people leaned on their cars, looking not the least bit inconvenienced by their wait to get back on the road...
...biggest crowds of all stood around the signs just off the exit, which said "Welcome to Lynn"--some homemade, others more official. Lynn, which once boasted the largest shoe manufacturing industry of the nation, hadn't been visited by a president since Calvin Coolidge came to campaign for a ticket. Those who couldn't make it to the rally stood on their front lawns under posters which read "Welcome Mr. Carter", one of them signed by every member of the household in different colors. Three little boys leaned over the ropes around City Hall as the press bus unloaded...