Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard was founded on Oct. 28, 1636, when the Boston General Court approved a motion to spend 400 pounds to found a college in the area. It was not a hot issue--the motion was the last item on a busy schedule that included prohibiting the sale of lace and awarding five pounds to a sailor who lost an eye while on a voyage to Block Island...
...yellow-white leather gleamed, and you picked it up and untied the sneaker lace wound around it to keep the pocket good over the winter. The tennis ball, which had anchored the pocket since September, popped out once you put it on, but it felt good and strong after its seven-month hibernation...
...every clone finds its target unerringly among those who would rather do a lace-doily imitation of the Sun King of Pocantico Hills than risk "mistakes" by developing their own taste...
...maids who, in rushing to help their mistresses, nearly bowl the other girls over. The gowns sparkle and rustle and gleam, all as white as the driven snow. One girl is sporting a copy of her mother's wedding dress, another the family pearls. The third wears Grandma's lace-trimmed gloves and no bra.2
...tried to lace it, and couldn't. My fingers wouldn't respond, wouldn't work, could barely bend. I wanted to panic, to sit down and cry. Instead, somehow I balled the lace up and knotted it loosely, then shoved my hands under the pack straps and beneath the vest. Hopefully they would warm up, while I was losing feeling in my feet...