Word: sag
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fascinating phenomena of power to watch the adrenalin build even as the flesh wants to sag. An aide going over the final version of the speech with Reagan was suddenly struck by the fact that this 70-year-old man "was enjoying the job of being President far more than he thought he would." The observer mused to himself that "few men get this special sense of satisfaction in their lives, the chance to do what they have been thinking and talking about for so long." Time and time again, in making decisions on budget and tax cuts, in giving...
Washington is a boom town whenever Administrations change, and this turnover is injecting new life into a real estate market that was beginning to sag after years of tight mortgage money and soaring prices. As soon as Reagan was elected, home prices began to rise. One three-bedroom condominium that had been on the market for nearly a year at $325,000 was hiked to $350,000 in November-and finally sold. Says Socialite-Realtor Vicki Bagley: "I guess the Reagan people are used to paying $2 million...
They lived in southern Mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago and, according to George Michanowsky, a scholar of cuneiform writing, they called the planet Sag-Ush, regarding it as a male fertility symbol. The Babylonians, who eventually ruled over that part of Mesopotamia, watched the heavens from the tops of their ziggurats. To them Saturn was known as Kaiamanu (the steadfast one), possibly because, in contrast to nearer planets, it moved so slowly across the skies. Kaiamanu was generally associated with the death of cattle, and other calamities. Perhaps in hopes of better luck, one of the names the Egyptians...
Brown has a reputation as a potent kick and run squad, so while the Harvard midfield pushed up too far into the offensive zone, the fullbacks appeared to sag. This combination created a void in the middle third of the field, and kept the Crimson from securing real control of the action...
...offense as a whole is still feeling its way a little bit, the defense has been relentless. The ball stayed in the Tufts' end of the field for a full three quarters of the game, partly because of the "Tufts' sag," but also a result of the tough play of the Crimson midfielders, who continually turned the Jumbos break-outs around...