Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...genuine as those of the legendary Christmas saint himself. When Adrien made his appearance last year in the toy department of one of the biggest department stores on the Left Bank, children left the firm grip of parental hands with a shout of joy to clamber into his lap, pull his beard and whisper their hopes into his ear. As far as the merchants of the Left Bank were concerned, the definitive Père Noë had come to Paris to stay. Adrien's own old heart was bursting with happiness and good news to take...
...does not know you any more." Adrien stared and stared, then he shuffled away, his legs moving uncertainly, his hands shaking, his face drawn and haggard. The department store manager regretfully allowed him to quit, got a new man to play Santa Claus. Children clambered obediently to his lap, and business went on as usual. But, from time to time, a palsied old man with a white beard could be seen peering anxiously in the store window only to shuffle away with head bent. A salesgirl thought she recognized him, but she could not be sure...
Unimpressed by newspaper ads that promised the customers: "A lion in your lap! ... A lover in your arms!" Los Angeles critics quarreled with the movie itself, the sensation of jungle leaves in the face, the eyestrain produced by the glasses...
Santa was up from his throne, and pacing about with quick little knee bends when he stopped. His lap had been occupied eight hours that day, and he seemed a bit stiff...
Defending Champion Thomas won the race at an average speed of 63 m.p.h., with Fonty Flock second. Thomas earned 200 points for winning, but Tim Flock, before his crackup, had earned enough starting and lap points to edge Thomas for the national title...