Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...smoker for 41 years, had suffered a mild heart attack in 1977. A continued buildup of fatty deposits in his coronary arteries made him a prime candidate for a more serious second attack. Schuler's physicians recommended coronary bypass surgery, in which a blood vessel, taken from the leg or elsewhere in the body, is used to reroute the heart's blood supply around clogged vessels. More than 110,000 such operations are now done each year...
...crowded National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, a children's chorus a thousand strong was singing a Jamaican folk song that the Queen had requested. The occasion was a gala celebration of Jamaica's 21st birthday and of the arrival of the Queen on the first leg of her month-long royal gallivant...
...Uncle Al?' His eyes opened; a satyr's twinkle. His other hand grasped my knee. Nice firm leg, he said approvingly. Don't ever shave. No, you're not a child any more. Run along, or your grandmother will be scolding me again. Come again tomorrow...
Rick James's "Super Freak" signals the end of dinner and the beginning of the sixth hour. Most dancers are now showing the effects of all the dance hours logged. Our feet hurt and our leg muscles beg for mercy, but like the climber who tackles the mountain "because it's there," we valiantly strive onward. Donna Summer's "Finger on the Trigger (Love is in Control)" propels us forward, though the minutes tick by more and more slowly...
Debbie Zimic led the way for Harvard with wins in the 200 individual medley, the 200 butterfly and the 200 freestyle as well as a brilliant anchoring leg of the 400 freestyle relay...