Word: keeled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...name of Alan Bond was riding very high in America, and in Australia he was a hero. "Bondy," as his country called him, was the prime mover in the syndicate that funded the design, construction and testing of Australia II, the 12-meter sloop with the controversial winged keel that swept to victory over the U.S. defender off Newport in 1983, leaving, for the first time in yachting history, an empty plinth in the New York Yacht Club where the America's Cup used to stand...
Quayle's wife Marilyn responded by packing the brood off for two weeks to a friend in the country, while their father fended off questions about his background. "We needed to get accustomed to a new campaign, but we also had to get our children back on an even keel," she says. Her method for preparing children is to talk them through confrontations before they occur. "Nothing should be allowed to take them by surprise," she says. "The truth will be far less frightening for them than anything they can imagine...
...night a young woman called Kaija Keel walked into Gazzarri's with a girlfriend who had dated Olmos. The daughter of Actor Howard Keel, Kaija (pronounced Ki-ya) had just ended a romance with her high school sweetheart, Actor Jeff Bridges. Olmos found himself drawn to Kaija's "frankness and tremendous sense of independence...
...boats were constantly being pushed off-keel," Parker added. "The boats not only had to pull against the wind but constantly keep on keel. I thought both coxswains handled it well...
Inconsistency had plagued the Crimson during the 1986-'87 season when it finished in the Ivy cellar (9-17 overall, 4-10 Ivy), and the Crimson coach just wanted his team to play on an even keel...