Word: frailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...newest chronicle of utter failure recalls an adventure that occurred in 1959 when Plimpton, now 50 and frail, was 31 and frail. Friends had goaded him with the mischievous argument that if he was really serious about participatory journalism, he should fight a professional boxer. There was a nice, traditional quality to the idea. Hemingway had gone many rounds with pugs, and Journalist Paul Gallico once had his fillings loosened by Jack Dempsey...
...chests, pearly alabaster statuary and polychromatic bursts of gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, jasper and obsidian jewelry: some of the most beautiful body ornaments ever designed. And, of course, there was also the famous quartzite sarcophagus with its nesting of golden inner coffins that protected the mummified remains of the frail king who died about 1325 B.C., before his 20th birthday...
...Cataldo, a Los Angeles housewife, was so concerned about her father that she stopped by his house several times a week and refused to go away on weekends. The elderly man, who lived alone, was frail and subject to falls; on several occasions, he had collapsed and had been unable to get to his telephone for help...
...perfectly thrown pass, the big play is often the game-breaker in the N.F.L. this season. Often that play comes from the little men, especially on kickoff and punt returns. Many teams carry a diminutive run-back specialist on their rosters. As fearless as they are frail-looking, they await the ball amid the growing thunder of approaching tacklers. Momentarily obscured by a wall of blockers, they duck toward the sidelines in a suicidal dash toward glory. Johnson, who is the only N.F.L. player to return both a kick and punt for touchdowns this season, views his tiny stature...
...film a title informs us that in an earlier century an old master would have painted Pomme as a lacemaker, implying that contemporary artists have lost interest in emotionally frail subjects. If so, Huppert's performance--for the most part--should help revive that interest...