Word: knot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Untying the Gordian Knot...
Bougas received her toughest challenge to date in the finals yesterday, as Jean Osachuk, the second seed from Mt. Holyoke, put up a stiff fight before falling 7-5, 6-2. Leading 5-2 in that first set, Bougas allowed Osachuk to knot the score at 5-5 before taking the next two games...
Finally, at the 23:05 mark of the second half, Diaz nudged the waterlogged ball to substitute forward Dave Stone, who ploughed it under the prone Amherst goalkeeper to knot the battle...
...most exciting strike was made in 1975 when a drilling crew hit oil and gas deep in northern Utah's Pineview Field in what is known as the "Overthrust Belt." A giant geologic knot that twists from southern Colorado to the Canadian border, the belt was not considered worth serious exploration at previous prices because of the tough and expensive drilling conditions. Pools of oil and gas are randomly located and perched on top of one another, and such formations make traditional exploration and analysis difficult, if not impossible. Says A.B. ("Pete") Slaybaugh, chief of Continental...
...Dick Bailey, 38, a salesman, and Linda Sue Leasure, 32, a catering manager, decided to tie the knot during the Kinetic Sculpture Race, a Ferndale, Calif., festivity that draws some 10,000 spectators. Bailey's entry: a carousel-shaped contraption covered with pink, blue and white tissue-paper flowers. Powered by four children walking around the platform, the float broke down less than a block from the starting line. Though Bailey, Leasure and the bridesmaids ended up pushing their contrivance along the 200yd. course, they did get to the finish line- in time for the wedding ceremony...