Word: heighte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little R. and R. Rest turns out to be scarce, although George soon encounters recreation in the person of one Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh). She introduces herself in the dining car by saying, "I'm a secretary. I give great phone." This strikes George as the height of erotic sophistication. He orders a bottle of wine to demonstrate, "I give great French." Hilly smiles knowingly. These two soul mates settle down to giggling over their bubbly and bunking down together. As George prepares to enjoy himself, he happens to glance out the window and, instead of moonlight, sees...
...have the choice of any seat in the stadium of the Yale game and, lacking the smarts to pick one next to President Bok on the 50-yard line, you decide to consider the view of the Veritas in the center of the field from every possible angle and height in half an hour or less. That is what is known as a tour, and as any oarsperson knows, a tour has 37 stadia. (There are 37 sections.) Calling them stadia (rather than stadiums) makes doing them sound refined-but even stadia produce sweat in considerable quantities...
After listening carefully to tape recordings, 40 men and women students at West Virginia University tried to estimate the height and weight of each of the 30 speakers on the tape. To the delight of Norman J. Lass, who ran the experiment as chairman of the university's speech pathology and audiology department, those estimates were surprisingly accurate. On the average, the volunteer students came within 3½ lbs. and 1 in. of picking the weight and height of the speakers-far closer than they would have achieved with random guesses. "Apparently," says Lass, "there are adequate perceptual clues...
...addition, the Minutemen took advantage of the Crimson's height deficit by out-rebounding them 47-33. Chief culprit was forward Jim Town, who swiped 18 off the backboard along with popping for 16 points. Town and Bouie of Syracuse were both named to the All-Tourney team...
...many breakaway layups," Honick adds, "Most people are going to be hanging close to the glass." Honick feels the cagers' lack of height could mean that "teams may be able to shoot 30 per cent against...