Word: plexiglass
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...months ago, Jimmy Carter narrowly escaped Washington's heated "Billygate," which made headlines for weeks and almost cost Carter the nomination. On the other hand, throughout the many scandals that have shattered the pristine panes of the Elysee Palace since his election in 1974, Giscard d'Estaing has shown plexiglass resistance; none of the various family misdeeds threatened his right to office. A French president piously pleading his probity to the public is inconceivable. In France, the president stands above personal calumny, cautiously leaning on an inveterate heritage of divine right...
...finally, the Crimson icemen had coach Billy Cleary pounding the plexiglass behind the Boston Garden bench in sheer delight Monday. Two wins over B.U. in one season is indeed something to celebrate--the last time that occurred...
...looked over his shoulder at me, through scratched plexiglass that held him safe from his fares, with this smile on his face so old and firm like he knew I didn't speak the language...
...winger Yvon Lambert, the pride of Drum-mondville, Quebec, stood behind his opponents net and contemplated the puck, untouched in front of him. Boston defenseman Mike Milbury, who relishes such opportunities, promptly skated, shoulders high, into Lambert and crushed him into the boards, snapping his head back against the plexiglass...
Before hordes of jubilant, hoarse fans could run through the corridors of Boston Garden screaming, alternately, "We're Number One!" and "We're really gonna do it, the Cup is coming back!," before a few hundred of them could scale the plexiglass and mob their heroes, and before the cheering masses could spill happily onto Causeway St., the Bruins had to win a hockey game last night...