Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though senior citizens like to recall the good old days when the Academy Awards had dignity and style, that, too, is illusion. "At my first Oscars presentation," recalls Director Joseph Mankiewicz (All About Eve), "Jackie Cooper fell asleep in Marie Dressler's lap. The president of the Academy suggested that everybody toast his wife." In the days before television's time limitations, baroque speeches thanking everyone from the star's mother to the wardrobe mistress were de rigueur. Greer Garson's Mrs. Miniver acknowledgment took 40 minutes...
...Surprised. The judge was not very surprised by last week's doings. Even before Ray's letter was delivered, Battle apparently anticipated that the case would drop back into his lap. Fiercely uncommunicative about Ray, he continued to guard his tongue. A misplaced word might oblige him to disqualify himself and subject another judge to the ordeal that Battle has endured since he was assigned to try Ray last July 20. Said Battle: "I would not do that to anyone...
...such test, the young subject is held in his mother's lap within reach of a puzzle box. Behind a sliding transparent panel, a toy is placed to snare the subject's attention. To collect this fascinating prize, the baby must hold the panel open while plundering the box of its contents. Bruner's youngest subjects -under one year-typically reach for the toy with one hand, encounter the transparent obstacle and bang on it or give up, either in slumber, indifference or tears. Older babies may manage to slide the panel up with one hand, then...
Doug Hardin managed a fifth place against stiff competition in the two-mile. In the mile, Royce Shaw gave up and dropped out on the seventh lap of the final after carding the fastest qualifying time. Jon Enscoe recovered too late from a mid-race lapse and finished sixth...
...relatively slow early pace in the two-mile allowed Shorter to stay in contention in his second race of the meet. Harvard's Doug Hardin made his move with a lap to go, opening up a quick six-yard lead, but again Shorter came on strong at the end, edging into the lead five yards from the finish. His meet record time of 8:51.4 also established a new Yale record for the event...