Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That nose was, for a while, ringed by the French Communist Party. He joined in 1944 and painted for it the famed Dove of Peace, which the Soviets happily substituted for the hammer and sickle as their symbol of peace on earth. No political sophisticate and certainly no ideologue, Picasso eventually distanced himself from the party after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. As Salvador Dali quipped: "Picasso is a Spaniard -so am I. Picasso is a genius-so am I. Picasso is a Communist...
...most enthusiastic, the most fun, and the most successful." Part of that success stemmed from the tri-captains themselves--Lenz, Thad McNulty and Joe Salvo--all of whom were drawn from different areas of the team. McNulty, a distance specialist, Salvo, a sprinter, and Lenz, who throws the hammer, provided a real sense of unity in a sport which inherently stresses individualism...
...Slam magazine advertised its latest "Cure for frigidity"--a woman photographed flat on her back, her legs spread-eagled, with a jack-hammer pointed at her crotch...
Bright spots in the meet came from Harvard's field squad, where the season's two most consistent winners, Gus Udo and Tom Lenz, each won their events. Lenz left his competition far behind with a winning toss of 209 ft. 10 in. in the hammer throw, a solid 10 feet farther than his nearest competitor...
...question is which of the two party candidates Anderson will hurt the most. The standard assumption has been that Anderson would injure Carter more grievously than Reagan by providing a rallying point for the disgruntled liberals who are now backing Ted Kennedy. In the campaign, Carter Democrats will hammer endlessly on the theme that "a vote for Anderson is a vote for Reagan...