Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...means. [We need] a recovery that isn't like the several we've had since World War II, in which we are off on wrong economic policies that get us into trouble. And then we artificially stimulate the economy to get out of that particular trouble, but lay the foundation for another recession two or three years down the road. On the international scene, I think that we've made great progress. I would like to see us continue until there is a feeling that we have peace throughout the world, that we have reduced the danger...
...five minutes, Harvard lost its composure with a flurry of turnovers and series of poorly chosen just plain bad--shots. That, coupled with the timely pinpoint outside shooting of Lion guard Mark Settles and forward Mark Lay (18 and 11 points on the night respectively), ignited a Columbia rally which gobbled up a six point Harvard cushion and turned it into a 63-62 Columbia lead with 4.04 remaining...
COLUMBIA (71)--Mark Lay 4-3-11; Karl Scholz 3-2-8; Tom Gwydir 2-0-4; Mark Setteis 9-0-18. Dale Smith 1-0-2; George Meikle 4-0-8; Sean Couch 4-0-8; Paul Lee 1-0-2; Todd Williams 4-0-8; Chip Adams 1-0-2; Scott Thomas 0-0-0; Chris Pruitt 0-0-0; Kevin Mclvor 0-0-0; Totals...
...when he turned to the nun who had just wiped his brow and said, "Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops." Some sort of award for sharp terminal repartee should be bestowed (posthumously) upon an uncle of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., John Holmes, who lay dying in his Boston home in 1899. A nurse kept feeling his feet, and explained to someone in the room, "If his feet are warm, he is alive .. . Nobody ever died with his feet warm." Holmes rose out of his coma long enough to observe, "John Rogers* did!" Then he slipped away...
...first half was particularly distressing for the visitors, as the action on the floor could be described as nothing but frantic. Players would--oops!--pass the ball to where no one stood, or--even worse--into a congested lane filled only with guys in green. Missed lay-ups, over-the-back, and traveling violations plagued Harvard throughout the first 20 minutes...