Word: replaying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the whole petty scenario evokes a kind of low-budget replay of one of the Godfather movies, it is not clear whether Philadelphians are more surprised by the nickel-dime size of the alleged gifts or by what appears to be the extraordinary pervasiveness of the practice. But there is little doubt around the city about the damage to the administration of justice...
...maneuvers, in which the lead boat covers the one behind, trying to prevent it from escaping the blockage of its breeze. In a blustery 26-knot wind, Stars & Stripes did not risk losing that contest and barreled straight ahead to win by 1:20. The second meeting was a replay of the first: Stars & Stripes blew ahead on a gusty breeze to a 1:36 victory. But Dennis-no- longer-the-Menace did not crow. "I've been ahead two-zip before," he said, referring to his lead in Newport prior to disaster...
MOST YAWNING Only 38 of 374 interruptions from N.F.L. replay booths have been sustained. Pro football has replaced marathon dancing in the hearts of insomniacs...
This year's uniform collegiate 19-ft., 9-in. three-point arc is an absurdity. It is more ridiculous than the old three-to-make-two-free throws rule, far more ridiculous than the possession arrow-rather-than-jump ball rule, possibly even more ridiculous than football's instant replay regulation. Then again...
...newspaper said yesterday that 62.1 percent of 15,570 people who responded to a 40-item sports questionnaire published in October said they liked the replay. It said 20.9 opposed the rule and 17.0 percent had not made up their minds...