Word: icing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Through her front window Mrs. Myers gave the tree fond glances and occasional nice thoughts. The spruce defied wind, rain, ice, insects, disease. It was 30 ft. tall when it happened to catch the eye of some Park Service men who were roaming round the country in search of a "living" Christmas tree to replace the one that was blown over last winter. (Yet another tree died the year before from Washington's heat.) For $1,500 and a place in history, the Myers blue spruce was sent to serve its country, but not without a parting ritual that...
...gone to heaven," sighed a portly conventioneer at the New York Hilton's Rhinelander Gallery. He was not, as the conventional wisdom might suggest, fondling a blond or slurping a Scotch. He was excavating a nut-topped jamoca almond fudge, his choice from 32 cholesteroliferous varieties of ice cream dispensed at a 200-ft. bar by Detroit Diesel Allison during the four-day American Trucking Association's convention in October. The ice cream spectacular, with miniskirted waitresses, straw-hatted scoopers and a candy-striped orchestra, was only one of the multitudinous extravaganzas organized for the trucking-industry executives...
...University of Vermont scaled to new heights of home ice advantage and stripped Harvard of its first period zealousness, as the Catamounts skated to a decisive 7-4 victory over the Crimson at Gutterson Field House. It was Harvard's fifth loss in eight games so far this season...
With Fitzgibbons out of the hole, Dales had to settle for a double-bogey when his second shot landed on a patch of ice in a green-side sand trap. The rest of the way, though, Dales played unimpeachable golf...
NUMBER ONE: This one came on a Crimson power play. Jack Hughes sliced through the UNH forwards at mid-ice and two Wildcat defensemen converged on Jack at the blue line. Jackie magnificently juked and deked, penetrated the offensive zone and slid the puck to brother George streaking onto the UNH net. A quick fake right drew goalie Greg Moffitt and George zinged his shot just inside the far post...