Word: inched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Horace Walpole's correspondence, of course. No one knows it better than Lewis, a remarkably dedicated scholar who has kept the extraordinary project going since its start. As Yale and Lewis celebrated the undertaking's 40th anniversary last week, the edition stood at 37 three-inch-thick dark blue volumes. When the 50th and last volume is published (probably some time in 1978), the edition will contain, with meticulous annotation and indexing, 7,000 letters written or received by Walpole, the witty dilettante and social chronicler of 18th century England...
Though Perón was escorted to the National Congress by the traditional cavalry escort in 19th century uniforms, truckloads of troops in 20th century battle dress were interspersed among the horses. Running alongside the presidential limousine were at least a dozen bodyguards, covering every inch of the car. As he took the oath before a crammed joint session of Congress, Perón was visibly moved. His hand shook, and he quickly sat down afterward to wipe away his tears with a handkerchief...
...evening in August 1962, the French President's black Citroën ran into a barrage of submachine-gun fire. The colonel riding next to the chauffeur yelled to his father-in-law in the back seat: "Father, get down!" The tall, imperial figure budged not an inch. Again the distraught colonel pleaded: "I beg you, Father, get down." This time the President leaned slightly forward. A split second later, a stream of bullets ripped through the limousine. When the firing stopped, Charles de Gaulle flicked fragments of the broken rear window from his coat and declaimed: "What, again...
Despite healthy appetites, the astronauts lost weight, Alan Bean dropping the most: 8½ lbs. There was also a deterioration of muscle tone, marked by loss of more than an inch in the circumference of the crew's calves. Yet most of these changes took place during the first half of the flight. By the 40th day, the weights of the astronauts had stabilized...
...most versatile promoter seems to be Flanagan, 28, who was a child prodigy in electronics. He started a lively direct-mail business by offering items like the Pyramid Energy Generator, an aggregation of one-inch-high pyramids on a metal base. His Cheops Pyramid Tent, made of opaque vinyl, sells for $25 and is said to be a good environment for transcendental meditation, biofeedback and yoga, in that it surrounds its inhabitants with energy. Though Flanagan sleeps in his tent to improve his own sexual sensations, he does not advertise it as a sex stimulant. "The most immediate...