Word: lap
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only Benedict exempted from chores is two-year-old Luke, and even he tours the fields regularly, bouncing on his father's lap in a pickup truck (his present on his second birthday: a toy tractor). Besides the supervision and paperwork, Pat labors with his hands too, doing most of the machinery repairs himself...
...Torrez, the game fell rather heavily in his lap. The former Yankee, while making millions and winning but 16 in his first season with Boston, was out there attempting to justify his place in the free agent system, attempting to justify his ability to pitch well in the clutch, attempting to beat the best pitcher in baseball. Somehow, all that pressure seemed right...
Policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals are in as excruciating a dilemma as Amin. Do they offer aid to prop up a shaky regime ?which then might drop in the Russians' lap? Or let the government collapse?and risk a widening guerrilla war in an unstable region? Moscow, which has waited patiently since the time of the czars to consolidate its hold, faces no such agonizing choice...
...John Harvard takes care of all. In a few years the University's financial and fundraising wizards, will probably have worked their wonders, and the River House residents can live in an even larger lap of luxury...
DIED. Ronnie Peterson, 34, Swedish racing-car ace; of injuries suffered in a fiery ten-car crash during the first lap of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza; in Milan. Starting as a "gocart" driver at the age of eight, the shy, cool-nerved Peterson eventually raced in more than 100 Grand Prix events, and this year ranked second behind Mario Andretti in the world championship driver standings. Asked if he ever became scared, Peterson, the veteran of some 30 accidents, replied, "No, not really. If I did I think I would give it up." The fatal wreck...