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Word: lapped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pictures of generals and presidents on the walls. Each of his last 5 sons is named after a different 5-star general who also serves as a godfather. In one of the photographs Eisenhower sits bemusedly with one of the grandfather's fat baby sons ir his lap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Barkers | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

Scott Dolson blew by B.U.'s Ed Arnold on the gun lap of the 1000-yd. run to win one of the night's most exciting races...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Indoor Track Team Buries B.U., 91-45 | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

Nothing like it has been seen in the U.S. in at least 129 years-or ever. In driving rain, while a band belted out The Yellow Rose of Texas, a bronze torch made its final lap in front of Houston's Albert Thomas Convention Center late last week in the strong hands of Tennis Star Billie Jean King. She was greeted by some 2,000 determined women chanting "ERA! ERA!"-for the Equal Rights Amendment. Puffed New York City's hefty Bella Abzug, who trotted the last stretch with Billie Jean: "We are here running for equality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Women March on Houston | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...celebration not only of children's dreams but also of the movies that help fuel those dreams. Of course, it is one of those movies. Spielberg has done what he set out to do: at the end of Close Encounters, the audience is sitting with him in the lap of the universe, ready and waiting for new magic to fall into their lives. ? Frank Rich

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Aliens Are Coming! | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...woman out of the building, presumably for an afternoon airing. The bewildered lady was found sitting in her wheelchair, abandoned at a street corner, some time later. Her ostensibly helpful visitors had vanished-and so too had the electric typewriter they had apparently hidden under a blanket on her lap. At least the getaway driver and wheels were found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Take the Lady, Roll Her and Run | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

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