Word: pitted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...place of rooms, the interior of the Rudolph house is divided into areas with built-in furniture and greenery-laden overlooks. Medieval brass rubbings, a 16th century refectory table, and plenty of books lend visual warmth to the house. A conversation pit in a two-storied living area gives a feeling of airport-lobby spaciousness; just over a concrete-block wall is a lower-ceilinged area whose built-in sofas and cheery fireplace make it a more popular snuggery. Rudolph, who likes to punctuate his interiors with oubliettes and galleries, has provided the Milams with a handy vantage point...
Appearing in Western-style dress to give his State-of-the-Union message to Congress, President Johnson urges that the moon be renamed "Kennedy" and then invites all legislators and their wives to a "real slambang" pit barbecue on the White House Lawn. The Bell Telephone Company announces that five-digit postal ZIP codes will be substituted for three-digit area codes "in order to lessen the number of codes a person must remember...
...diving, Harvard's Dan Mooney, at a severe disadvantage away from home, will pit his silk-smooth style against Navy ace Mike Chapman. In the back-stroke, Henry Whelchel will face a stiff fight from both Tim Beard and Bob Johnson...
There will be quality as well as quantity, however. Six of the seven contests tomorrow (the exception is basketball) will pit Crimson teams against some of the roughest competition they will face all year. All three home games will be particularly vital in assessing the strength of the Harvard Squads with the Army track meet ranking just slightly higher in importance than the McGill squash match or the wrestling match with Franklin and Marshall...
Rudolph's whims have become campus parlance at Yale. He apotheosized the conversation pit, thinks cushions should replace furniture, has a phobia against locked doors. There is a streak of the romantic in Yale's young chairman of the department of architecture. He wishes his buildings to end as "beautiful ruins...