Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the meet on the line. Harvard Track Director Frank Haggerty called on Bunney again in both the Distance Medley Relay and the two-mile relay. In the Medley, Bunney ran the opening leg and gave the Crimson a lead it never relinquished, while in the two-mile relay he ran the second leg and considerably closed the gap between the Harvard squad and the leading Northeastern troops...
...voice on the other end of the line said, "This is Arthur Rubinstein" [Jan. 3]. My husband, who was superintendent of the school district, was sure someone was pulling his leg. But no, the maestro was in the area and wondered if there was a school interested in a spur-of-the-moment program. Rubinstein's greatness was in his wanting to share his God-given talent with others...
...sublethal shock by Louisiana's portable apparatus in 1946. Francis said the experience was in all "plumb miserable." His mouth tasted "like cold peanut butter," and he saw "little blue and pink and green speckles." Added Francis: "I felt a burning in my head and my left leg, and I jumped against the straps." A year later, back in the chair, he was successfully executed...
...cuts," the slow slicing away of bits of the body. A 19th century French traveler described an excruciating method in India during the rule of the rajahs: "The culprit, bound hand and foot, is fastened by a long cord, passed round his waist, to the elephant's hind leg. The latter is urged into a rapid trot through the streets of the city, and every step gives the cord a violent jerk, which makes the body of the condemned wretch bound on the pavement . . . Then his head is placed upon a stone, and the elephant executioner crushes it beneath...
That goes for airline executives as well as travelers. Passengers, who have been crammed into planes as if they were suitcases, like the extra leg room, wider seats and the 50% increase in overhead storage space. The carriers, which now include TWA, American and Delta, like the new plane's low operating costs. Narrower than the mammoth 747, the 767 carries 210 passengers and is versatile enough to be used for 1,000-mile flights, as well as transcontinental routes. Thanks to new engines and wings, and the use of lighter composite materials, United says that...