Word: lingerings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entrances and his exits are what linger in the eye's mind. Half a century later, when the plots have disintegrated like old nitrate-film stock, the comings and goings remain indestructible...
...foreign economic front, Nixon and Connally played a daring and sometimes crude game of economic brinkmanship that at times seemed to threaten the entire fabric of U.S. relations with its friends and trading partners. While no one could foretell the long-range psychological effects and the resentments that might linger, by year's end Nixon and Connally had plainly cleared the way for the grinding task of renegotiating the Western world's trade and monetary system (see THE ECONOMY...
...weighed in at 227 Ibs., his heaviest ever, peppered away during the first ten rounds with his rat-a-tat-tat left jabs and a supposedly merciful "new" punch he calls the "linger on," a light chopping right designed to daze but not drop a lesser opponent. Mathis, surprisingly agile for a big man, suggested a pachyderm on pointe, dancing, dipping and doing no damage whatsoever. In the final two rounds, Ali decked Mathis four times-twice with punches that were little more than taps...
...David Copperfield and Ken Beyer's, the dart players tend to be under 40, employed in advertising and publishing. Many are known by noms de fléchette: Harper Valley Fats and Butterball Stabler are regulars among the Jelly Bellies, while Oiley the Pot and Fast Trowel Mazz linger at Duffy's in Manhattan. Even the lingo is special. A "ton" means that a player has scored five 20s (or 100 points), while "top of the shop" is a double 20. Three bull's-eyes in one round is called "three...
...least $100 worth of "ground arrangements," such as car rentals or hotels, must be bought along with the air ticket, which itself costs $305. Two free stopovers are permitted both en route to and on return from the main destination. EXCURSION FARES are available to anyone who agrees to linger fairly long abroad. The fare for trips lasting 17 to 28 days is $385; for those of 29 to 45 days, it is $335. As a rule, a total of five stopovers are permitted on the shorter excursions and a total of three on those of longer duration...