Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concrete and steel to the relentless vision of a man named Robert Moses. Moses ran for governor of the state in '34 and lost, but he ran the state anyway, with his convoys of cement mixers and cranes. Moses created most of central Long Island in his own image--flat and gray and cement-hard--and he also created a fortune for himself, but he was never able to push his relentless vision out onto the eastern part of the island...
...game started slowly, as Harvard appeared flat from the three-hour commute to Bowdoin and disoriented on the Polar Bear's unusually large field...
...Crimson came out flat and got worse as the game progressed. Coach George Ford went with the 4-4-2 alignment that he had employed in the dismal early part of the season, leaving behind the 4-2-4 used in the wins against Cornell and Amherst...
...stretch. Coach Bill Fitch has his Cavaliers looking steadier than ever, and that means playoffs and not much more. As for the Atlanta Hawks, a backcourt of Charlie Criss (5'7") and all American Butch Lee looks like fun, but who said this game was fun? The Jazz looks flat without Truck Robinson. The Pistons have gone back to being terrible for a living...
...special pride and joy of Mississippi's powerful Country Club Set--a class of wealthy planters and businessmen who can usually fork out enough money to catapult their candidate to the top. Cochran served an impeccable term in Congress by conservative Mississippi standards: his ADA rating was a flat zero. His silver hair, boyish looks and stern businessman-like demeanor, combined with his voting record, make him a formidable candidate...