Word: thinness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard, which started the season thin to begin with, could be without the services of Bill Okerman who aggravated a groin injury in last week's loss to Northeastern. In addition, freshman Stein Rafto, a pleasant surprise against the Huskies, is the first runner of the season to come down with a cold and will be out for the meet...
...Exactly how she responded is not known, but probably with, at best, muted enthusiasm: Happy is a deeply private person who does not relish the role of a political wife. "As a concerned citizen, I'm thrilled," she told reporters later. Then she added with a thin smile: "As for me personally, it's the beginning of a new adventure...
Granted that Boston is not a hotbed of hoop (you can ask the Celtics about that), but even by Beantown's standards the crowds are thin. Many felt that the addition of, Thomas "Satch" Sanders, former Celts star of many years, as head basketball coach would boost attendance. It did initially, but after the excitement wore off and people realized that Satch was no miracle worker and that the team was still losing as many as they were winning, the crowds dropped again to pitiful levels...
...topple. Throughout resignation week, the calls came with nerve-jangling frequency, mostly from well-wishers urging Ford to prepare himself to assume the presidency. All told, the Taylors received 150 calls within the week, even though they often took the phone off the hook. Finally, their patience wearing thin, they requested a new phone number. Gerald Ford, of course, can now be reached at the White House...
...after midnight when they parted. Kissinger went back to his office in the West Wing of the White House. The phone rang. Nixon wanted to talk some more, a kind of last, thin reach for a life that was ebbing. Then, some time between midnight and 1 a.m. as far as anyone knows, Richard Nixon cut himself off from the outside world and returned to his family to wait for the daylight...