Word: icing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Social historians will date the decline of the cocktail party from the summer of 1975, when chic people first asked for "a little white wine with soda and ice," instead of the traditional rum, whisky or gin. The reasons for this shift are obscure. It is usually said that Americans became tired of being blasted out of their heads by strong drink, but this makes little sense. The only point of a cocktail party was to take leave of the senses, it being universally understood that nobody in his right mind would want to be present at one ... A likelier...
...second game, Gainey took charge, spelling the Montreal defensemen by swooping up ice with the puck himself, prowling the crease in front of Ranger Goaltender John Davidson to draw defenders away from Canadien forwards. He forced openings in the Ranger defense that his teammates exploited with a display of skating, that left Shero awed: "I don't think I've ever seen a team that fast in my life. Not even the Russians skate that fast. There was nothing we could do to match...
...Tippett's newest opera, The Ice Break, has been given its first U.S. performances by the Opera Company of Boston (after a world premiere in 1977 at Covent Garden). Fittingly, the work is a masterly summation-not of conclusions, but of a continuing quest...
...muttering about how impressive it all was as construction workers tried to look busy. There was talk of being able to use the rink for events (like graduation) forced indoors by inclement weather, and I wondered why it couldn't be made into a mini-Boston Garden, with portable ice and a basketball floor...
...tried to run his office as a model of compliance, and the nickname "Cliffie" isn't heard too often around 60 Boylston St. I wish I had a nickel for every freshman in the fall of '75 who would have snickered at even the mention of a women's ice hockey Beanpot or an Ivy championship women's soccer team...