Word: lames
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like a lame...
...point-by-point peace proposal. But code deciphering has clearly gotten out of hand. It is possible to go to Middle East seminars and encounter groups of people who consider the Israel recognition question a false issue, having long ago been settled, and raised now only as a lame justification for Israeli intransigence. And the citation of the PLO's formal recognition of Israel will simply be an obscure interview with some PLO representative in Western Europe, published in a less-than-internationally-known journal, in which the Palestinian, probably inadvertently, left out certain standard rhetorical phrases...
There were moments of the same old lame humor and banality. After touring an agricultural exhibit in Peking, the former President quipped: "We'll make an even trade. We'll send you technology if you send us the pretty girls who showed us around today...
...That's when Mego International, makers of Batman, Robin and Star Trek dolls, will launch a $1 million ad campaign to market 12½-in. versions of Sonny and Cher to the moppet set. The Sonny doll will come with a twelve-piece wardrobe (including a sparkling silver lame jumpsuit), while the little Cher will have 32 costumes modeled after the tall one's own Bob Mackie creations. The Cher doll "looks just like me," says the singer happily, noting that her look-alike will come complete with the notorious navel and knee-length hair...
Princeton was starting to roar, though, and the Tigers continued to narrow the gap in the sprints. After a great start, Harvard's Todd Hooks pulled up lame in the 60-yd. hurdles, as Yale's Harry Davis went on to win in 7.6 seconds. Davis also won the 60-yd. dash, but more important, Princeton picked up second place in each event and third in the dash for eight points...