Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the opening gun, Harvard began its onslaught on the Middies. Duncan Pyle blazed a 54.7 opening backstroke lap in the 400 medley relay as the Crimson glided to victory in the event and to a lead (7-0) that wasn't to be caught...
This long struggle meant he could make only small sculpture, which he did by welding steel plates on an asbestos apron spread on his lap. In 1963-64 he was able to continue a series of bronze hands begun in 1958−fists, palms skewered by rods, fingers clamped to a balk of timber. These Rodin-like images of survival and defiance are full of expressionist anguish. As autobiography they are corny but moving. On the other hand, the earlier small steel pieces are generally disappointing. They seem clogged by graphic cliches and distended by a frustrated longing for bigness...
After that rousing curtain raiser, Schmidt had the convention in his lap. In a conciliatory speech full of profuse praise for Brandt, the Chancellor reassured the 436 delegates that his government was doing everything possible to advance the party's aims, within the limitations of the coalition. The congress voted down a laundry list of Jusos resolutions calling for government control of industrial investments, nationalization of key industries and banks, a $1,953 limitation on monthly personal incomes and a hefty "luxury" tax on a wide variety of consumer goods...
...even the decision to slow down the Observatory Hill complex can't tarnish dynamic plans for constructing the Soldiers Field complex and renovating the existing facilities. Anyone who has ever had to watch or play basketball in the IAB, or take a lap in Briggs Cage, or watched a hockey game in the quonset ice hut that is Watson Rink, will wish that the University had started this drive a long time...
...Eugene, Stephen had turned from music to monologue to win the favors of the young woman next to him. Holding her baby on his lap, he went through his repetoire of junior high ribaldry and his favorite movies, of which Behind the Door was number 1 through 8. By Rosemont, Stephen and his dream date were holding hands...