Word: lapping
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...part of Beanpot legend that the expected will be damned when the puck hits the ice on the first Monday night in February at the Boston Garden. And for the last two seasons (Northeastern in '80 and Harvard last year), the underdog has had the 'Pot in its lap when all was said and done. But if you're expecting it to happen for the third time in a row, watch out. Remember, the expected be damned...
...hundreds of video games introduced each year, most flop utterly, as if their screens and chips gave out algebra rays or tax-audit emanations. A few do moderately well And once every year or so a new game jumps into the public's lap and licks its face, and proves so endearing that money in unbelievable abundance falls on the heads of its fortunate makers. It is very hard to predict which game will be a lap jumper. Robert Mullane, president of Bally admits that he was not impressed with his first view of Pac Man, the company's most...
Some time early this year, after further tinkering with the game, Kick will be shipped to distributors and then will appear in the arcades. Bally's development people think it is fun, but right now, no one has any idea whether it will be a lap jumper or a puddle maker. "This is the most democratic business in the world," says Mount Prospect, Ill., Arcade Owner Bill Herman. "You got a ballot box, and people vote with their quarters...
From the very start of the 660, it became apparent that it was going to be a four-man race among Murrer, Steve Ezeji-Okoye, and Northeastern's Roy Higgins and Dave Culford. The four of them chugged around the track in a pack until the final lap when Murrer and Higgins took off Ezeji-Okoye outkicked Culford to finish third but was disqualified by a questionable line call...
...table, her grandmother jabs them with a fork." In the lull that follows, Bridget Dunham chews meditatively on her water goblet, picks her teeth, then dives under the table after her napkin. Garo Tokat loses a battle with his artichoke, which rockets off the plate and onto his lap. Tiffany Field, her ivory dress askew, is so absorbed in her food that her long blond tresses marinate in the vinaigrette...