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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consoled themselves that the first two losses in the best- of-seven series might have been inconclusive. Shifting winds made the first something of a lottery, and the second was waged in the heavier breezes that Stars & Stripes candidly preferred. But in the third race, just one upwind leg in moderate Kookaburra weather told Murray his fate. Near the dismal end of that afternoon, a rubber speedboat pulled up alongside the Kook captain. " 'You've got a bomb on board,' they said. 'What do you want to do?' Our immediate response was, 'What's the bad news?' Then we thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fremantle Says Good on Yer, Mates | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...program is Lindsay W. Davis '75 (class year proudly added) who is responsible for the sets and costumes. It seems as if the actors leap off-stage every 40 seconds, returning with a new costume even more hilariously appropriate than the last. Sharkskin jackets with velvet collars, peg-leg pants with built-in bicycle clips, skirts floating on clouds of crinoline, striped loafers and white bucks, strapless cocktail dresses revealing white powdered shoulders. The hats along bring a lump to the throat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Theater: | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

...premise of the picture is that the two brothers have both lost their wives in an accident caused when a swan flew in front of their car. The car was driven by a Belgian woman (Andrea Ferreol) who survives the crash, only to have her right leg amputated by the zoo's sadistic veterinarian. Before her other leg is amputated as well, Ferreol manages to seduce both the brothers and propel the picture into a series of more perplexing problems...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...obsessions don't stop there, though. The brothers want to be stitched back together, the no-leg lady wants to have a baby, the veterinarian wants more things to saw off. In the end we see a black-attired white prostitute head off into the zebra pens, with the fluorescent sign "ZOO" appearing backwards--a literal return...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...talks by such legendary athletes as John Havlicek and Arthur Ashe. Other attempts are more structured. Dayton is experimenting with Gamefield Fitness Systems at 45 of the city's schools. Designed by the National Fitness Campaign and costing $7,800 each, the fields feature 16 activity stations for leg stretches, chin- ups and the like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Getting an F For Flabby | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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