Word: olden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...olden days, "changing on the fly" was a curiosity. Now it is a deadly offensive weapon. A player skates within six feet of one end of the bench (where a legal substitution can occur) and is replaced by a teammate coming off the other end. The team nets about 25-feet of ice in the exchange...
...Rosenthal has overlooked the fact that many non-humanities concentrators are mystified by the ubiquitous terms with which he may be more familiar. A friend recently informed me that money laundering is the act of using stolen or swindled money for corrupt purposes. The phrase comes from the olden days when crooks sometimes obtained new bills whose serial numbers were not known, and actually washed them in a washing mashine filled with coffee. This sullied the money so that the thieves could use it for their own purposes without fear of the bills' being traced...
...1950s solemnly attended to the stilted dialogue, leaden performances and not-so-special effects. But today's cognoscenti find the dew of nostalgia on these pictures, then wink and say, "They're so bad, they're good." Smart directors stoke the trend with camp updates of the olden turkeys. In Tobe Hooper's remake of the 1953 Invaders from Mars you can see tongues burrowing into cheeks on both sides of the camera. Sometimes, though, directors can outsmart themselves. Invaders from Mars is so good at mimicking '50s mediocrity...
Steve Mullery. Fr., New York City. Excellent knowledge of game. Second leading scorer. All-around ability makes him a coach's dream. Has played in N.Y.C. leagues with stars from the ACC (Olden Polynice) and the Big Eight (Derrick Chevious...
...Creating Charts & Diagrams, was published last year.) Holmes' new book contains extensive research into the history of graphic symbols. "It goes back to picture writing, hobo signs, even cave paintings of the Southwest American Indians," he explains. "And, of course, flags, which helped armies recognize their own people in olden times...