Word: passingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roots popularity--accomplished what no predecessor in this century had ever done. Finch pushed a bill through the jealous and suspicious Mississippi Senate allowing him to serve two back-to-back four-year terms. In the past, Mississippi governors have perenially pleaded to the state's legislative bodies to pass a constitutional amendment permitting gubernatorial succession, but to no avail--despite the fact that these governors proved they had no ulterior motives by adding clauses insuring that the amendment would only affect future governors, not themselves. Suddenly, Finch is succeeding where the others failed, while not for one minute attempting...
...album is rare, and refreshing, but it is also a perilous freedom: Leave the clearly marked paths of standard meter and concise rhyme schemes, and walk the untrammeled, impressionistic woods. But take care you don't get lost. While some of the songs on Don Juan's Reckless Daughter pass through those woods skillfully and effectively, Mitchell does in fact get lost on many of the cuts...
...Huskies finally converted a chance and tied the game with less than five and a half minutes to play. Mark Derby fed a pass down the right side to Holmes, whose wrist shot was artfully tipped by Wayne Turner into the upper left corner to make it 3-3 and set up the extra frame...
...second stanza, Captain Cook put Harvard in the lead for the first time in the contest with a power-play goal. "Barney" gathered in a pass from George Hughes--who had gotten the puck from John Cochrane on the point--skated out of the corner, looked to return a pass to Hughes, but then slipped in front of the cage to poke a backhand shot between the legs of Ed Arrington...
...loved him, but warming the bench wasn't Broadway Joe Namath's style. After sitting out most of the last ten games of the Los Angeles Rams' season, the onetime hero of the New York Jets made up his mind: he had thrown his last N.F.L. pass. "It was no fun being second-string quarterback," said Namath, 34. But, he quickly added, "I have no regrets." He spoke briefly of the leg ailments that plagued him throughout his career. "I remember after my first knee operation, right after I signed with the Jets, my doctor told...