Word: lapse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sometimes three-quarters of a mile long, forming as early as 6:30 a.m., doubling and redoubling upon itself through a maze of sawhorses set up by New York police, the line of people waiting to get into the Music Hall is one of the phenomena of modern show business...
Every college graduate recalls a favorite professor whose words and ideas ring across the years. But few old grads even write to old profs, much less dump $10,000 in their laps. Such is the unique gesture of Chicago Lawyer Leo T. Norville, 56. His startled beneficiary: History Professor Preston...
Confident of victory, Sachs eased his foot on the throttle and coasted along the center of the track, conserving fuel and carefully steering clear of slower cars. "I spent my time," he said later, "wondering what to do with myself." Then, with only six laps left, Sachs's luck...
¶ After burning out his competition with two blazing, 59-sec. middle laps, the University of Oregon's Dyrol Burleson slipped to 59.4 sec. in the final lap, still managed a 3-min. 57.6-sec. mile at Eugene, Ore.-fastest ever by a U.S. miler. Said Burleson afterward: "I...
This week, Radcliffe had its annual six-day swimming marathon. Each dorm is given one point for every girl who shows up at the pool, and for each lap she swims. The dorm with the highest number of laps at the end of the six days usually wins. Occasionally, as...