Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Raleigh said yesterday she did not apply for the prize, adding that the department "dumps it in your lap...
...lunch and have just blown confectioners sugar all over the kid across the table from you. He doesn't see the humor and retaliates with his jello. But the cubes stick to the bowl so he resorts to the mashed potatoes which are not going anywhere but his lap...
...each case, unheralded assistance came to the rescue. John Jackenfeld was the unexpected victor in the 100 and 220 events after earlier running a surprisingly strong anchor lap to cinch Harvard'swin in the sprint relays. Another lucky break for the Crimson was the unlooked-for performance of newcomer Henry Haggerty, who finished third in both the 220 and quarter-mile...
...FIRST THING Richard Pryor tells us when he reaches the podium (to do the first lap in the night's relay of guest hosts) is: "I'm here to tell you why no blacks are going to be nominated tonight, for anything." None were. Jane Fonda is another guest host. Hanoi Jane announces Lillian Hellman, who praises this younger generation for inviting her after all the years she was blacklisted. The audience gives Hellman a standing ovation; we could not help thinking of all the stalwarts in the theater who probably played strong supporting roles in Hellman's feeding...
...leathery-faced Rhodesian tobacco farmer who sat sipping tea in the spacious lobby of Salisbury's Meikles Hotel had an automatic rifle slung incongruously across his lap. "If it comes to it," he told friends loudly, "I'll give up the farm, retreat here and pick off the buggers as they come through that door." Though still maintaining a confident front, reports TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs after a visit to Salisbury, white Rhodesia is becoming deeply demoralized. Last week's vote by the U.S. Congress to repeal the Byrd Amendment, under which the U.S. has been importing...