Word: loft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson's slow start in almost every game this fall. "I noticed against W.P.I. that our halfbacks play very defensively in the opening ten minutes," he said. "They lay back to see if the opposition is going to try to work the ball through them or try to loft a pass over their heads. I've told them to be more aggressive...
...works almost as hard now, since the release of the book, as she did writing it. A constant stream of interviewers works its way through her loft on the Bowery; telephone calls and personal appearances intrude on her casual dashiki-workpants-sandals lifestyle. The attention rubs off on her family, too; in St. Paul, her mother states her firm support of Kate's work, but wishes she would "dress herself up. Kate's missing the boat if she appears on the Mike Douglas Show without her hair washed...
...huge loft surrounded us with the rap of rain on the roof and the sweet, heavy smell...
...Frank Cavestani), seeking money to make a movie about Lenny Bruce, agree to make a quickie pornographic movie for $10,000. They hurl themselves into the project with such enthusiasm that one of their girl friends (Joy Wener) becomes unnerved. After an orgiastic night of filming in a loft decorated with silks and exotic lighting effects, Ryan has a bitter fight with Joy. She accuses him of enjoying the pornography; he claims that she "puts him uptight." He finally walks out, and she is left to weep alone...
...Jordan last week was only one scene, and not necessarily an encouraging one, in a far broader theater. Even while gunfire blazed in Amman, other guerrillas raided Israel along the Jordanian border. Israeli troops patrolled inside Lebanon to contain guerrilla activity there, but the fedayeen nevertheless managed to loft Soviet-made Katyusha rockets into the frontier town of Kiryat Shemona. Syrian artillerymen firing Russian guns shelled a border defense settlement called Nahal Gishor, killing a girl soldier. Suez rocked with the sound and fury of the heaviest fighting...