Word: toring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last March, just before spring vacation, 133 freshmen tore open their House assignment notices and found a computer readout telling them that they had been assigned to a Quad House that they had included in their botton three choices. Many of the 133, angry and disappointed, complained for the next two months to just about anyone who would listen. Individually and collectively they visited Eleanor C. Marshall, assistant to the dean for housing, to win a new house assignment or, failing that, at least a spot on the waiting list of those hoping to transfer to River House...
...filming a hurricane sequence in a new Walt Disney adventure picture titled Treasure of Matecumbe, recalled Peter Ustinov, 54. Asked to turn away from the camera so his stuntman-double could take over, the well-rounded star stumbled and tore some ligaments in his legs. "The trouble was that my feet were planted in sand," explained Ustinov. "While I turned, my feet didn't. I was hit by a few hundred gallons of water, did an elegant curtsy and sat down." In all, the disabled actor will have spent three weeks sitting down -and a few more hobbling around...
...masochistic of the British to leave, but it might be sadistic of them to stay." It was a prophetic comment. After trying so hard for so long to join the European Economic Community, Britain has apparently become the chief obstacle to European unity. Last week, after London nearly tore apart a meeting of Common Market heads of government in Rome, one EEC diplomat sadly concluded that "the British still don't understand what the Community is all about, or how it works...
...sole goal towards the end of the first half. Then, with only a minute or so remaining, Harvard launched a fearsome drive, muscling the ball near the Eli goal line. Suddenly, a barrage of Yale fans stormed the field. They disrupted play and, despite cries of "hold that line," tore down both makeshift goalposts. Without goalposts the game could not continue, and Yale was declared a 1-0 victor. Harvard, decrying both the lack of civility among Yale fans and increased roughness, declined to play Yale in 1877, deciding instead to begin a series with the more refined...
...street." I ask him how long he has worked in this hotel and he replies coyly that it's been a few days now. His face crinkles into a silent laugh as he takes this information back. It has actually been 18 years, and business was better before they tore down the ship yard. The Navy boys made good business for everybody...