Word: looping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cowboys rope calves-mean Brahman calves that weigh up to 300 Ibs. and can smash a roper's ribs with one kick. The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" hitch. Expert ropers can do it all in ten seconds or less...
...question was brought up Tuesday in a meeting of the City Council executive session. Brauneis reported that the city is looking for legal loop-holes which would enable Boston to assess the various tax-free institutions, including schools and churches, if they are unwillingly make a voluntary contribution...
However, Arthur Coffey, chief of the city law department, said he was not certain that his department would be successful in its attempts to overcome university lawyers. He has not yet studied the state constitution for any loop-holes...
Died. Chet Roble (real name: Chester Wroblewski), 54, Chicago pianist admired around the Loop for his sublime "barefoot jazz," so called because his relaxing listeners were apt to kick off their shoes and wriggle their toes to the music; of a heart attack; in Chicago...
...varsity soccer team has lost three straight contests, but remains undefeated as an Ivy League team in one of the zaniest loop situations in years. Of the eight Ivy teams, none have competed in more than two league contests. Yet, only two, Harvard and Yale remain undefeated...