Word: packs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control the game," Harvard Coach Sue Caples said. "Frequently, teams crowd and pack everything in. We opened the field up, made back passes and made them chase when we were in possession...
...offer that North Carolina's department of transportation found too good to accept. "The Klan is atypical of the groups that have been involved with the program," explained James Sughrue, a DOT official. No other volunteers, except a cub-scout pack considered too young to be on the roads, had been turned down for the highway-cleanup project. Rockey Chapman, head of the klavern, admitted he wanted "that sign to advertise my group." He asked the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union to sue for a reversal of the rejection. The A.C.L.U. was expected...
...offers a look at Greek-American life as textured as any the general reader is likely to encounter. Gage writes with little separation between his intellect and his senses. There is no straining for effect; moments reveal their natural poetry. How, for example, does one know the time to pack up a family picnic and head for home? "When it was too dark to tell red wine from white." When Gage describes the bread tax that early immigrants levied to support their new churches, one can taste the crust. His father's humiliations are palpable. So is his pride when...
...similar tunnel-vision mentality underlies our drive to place convenience above all other considerations. We fret and worry over the crisis of solid waste disposal, but God forbid we should have to do without our disposable diapers, plastic six-pack harnesses and styrofoam coffee cups...
Times and tastes change in 31 years, though. The fabulous Baker boys can't pack 'em in like they used to once upon a time and, facing the possibility of having to take (Quel horreur!) day jobs, they decide to hire a singer...