Word: platoonic
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...remembered had been replaced by running lunches. After finishing his story, Skow joined some TIME staffers who spend their midday jogging in nearby Central Park. Maps Researcher Nancy Griffin charts the course. Reporter-Researcher Georgia Harbison, who interviewed joggers for this piece, is also part of the noon platoon. What makes Harbison run? Says she: "It's part masochism, part hedonism and part narcissism. Running hurts; but after you run, you feel good and so you look good...
Granum mentions the lunch that Carter will have in about an hour with George Meany and a platoon of angry labor leaders. He notes that the AFLCIO'S No. 2 man, Lane Kirkland- who in a blistering address the day before charged Carter with failing to keep his promises to the "working people"-has said labor would be willing to support the Administration's tax-reduction proposals in return for the President's backing of a comprehensive labor-reform law. "How should we respond in public to Kirkland's remarks?" Granum asks...
...glad we had a platoon system out there," said weary Administrative Vice-president Joe Wyatt, who, at forward, formed the starting five with guard Bok, playmaker Daniel Steiner '54 (University Counsel), outgoing Police Chief David Gorski (forward), and center Mike Brewer (a member of the Office for Government and Community Affairs...
...Jocks' second platoon was led by the sterling play of 6-ft. 5-in. Financial Aid Officer John "Too-Tall" Morgan, a Detroit University forward in the early '60s. Morgan contributed 16 points to the winning cause with some tantalizing full-court rushes to the basket, completely overpowering his peerless adversaries...
...second platoon that made the difference in a sloppy second half, replacing Bok's charges after a four-minute scoreless spell in the opening moments. Lanky University Consultant Jim Bailey (Bok: "He really is a consultant, you know, not a ringer") ferociously racked the boards, prompting scrappy forward Lori Christensen to exhort, "Box those turkeys...