Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mahoney is unsure precisely what he'll be doing for Mother Teresa, but suggests several possibilities--work in a home for the dying, in a leper colony, or in an orphanage. He certainly won't be living in the lap of luxury: for his first two months. he'll reside "in a common room of sorts with a group of brothers" who will also work with Mother Teresa. After that, Teresa's order will no longer be able to fund his room and board--and Mahoney is prepared to make...
...Boeing 747. The coast-to-coast flight required an overnight refueling stop in Oklahoma. As a result, the ship that circled the earth in 90 minutes and plunged back into the atmosphere at 25 times the speed of sound took a full day to complete the final lap of its epic journey...
...student sits stunned. The professor goes to the student's desk, picks up his books and dumps them in his lap...
Pappy called Clabby's 880 victory tremendous, saying the neck-and-neck struggle down the last lap was the "gutsiest race I've seen...
Going into the final race B.U. was leading 76 to 72 1/2, but suprisingly B.U.--which actively recruits and whose British Olympian Sharon Colyear, won three events--could not field a 3200-meter relay team. Thus, the Crimson ended the meet easily, taking the relay by about half a lap...