Word: waylaid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...amazed at the publicity for the loss of a few birds '' Most heated were his exchanges with Maine s conservation-minded Edmund Muskie, but it appeared that the Senator would have the last word. The Democrat's Water Quality Improvement bill, which was waylaid during the 90th Congress, was given a much better chance of passage in the wake of the Santa Barbara foul-up. Even the American Petroleum Institute, which had represented the industry in fighting the bill, now gave its blessings. Among other things, the bill would subject ships and installations, such as oil rigs...
Hundreds of boats sounded a salute, and dock cranes dipped in tribute as Sir Francis Chichester, waylaid the past month by a duodenal ulcer, at last sailed Gipsy Moth IV up the Thames to the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, where he was formally knighted by Queen Elizabeth with Sir Francis Drake's sword. Later, the solo circumnavigator rode a white Rolls-Royce convertible through London's financial district to the cheers of 250,000 fellow Britons. "You personify the spirit of initiative, adventure and determination," London's Lord Mayor told Chichester at the official city reception...
...following the suggestion of M.D.C. and Harvard University Police. The commission decided that extra lighting along the river would be the best way to combat would-be muggers who have gathered in the past along the Memorial Drive side of the river, under the protective cover of darkness, and waylaid Harvard students...
...battle. But the Beanpot magic entered Fitzsimmon's wand against Northeastern and he has another mission two days from now against B.U. The Dartmouth revellers will have the misfortune today of watching a Crimson team that should be just reaching its peak and is not about ready to be waylaid in the provinces...
...dissolute young husband, lay recovering from a severe case of pox that most likely was secondary syphilis. But Darnley was not a victim of the blast. In some manner, which has always bemused and tantalized historians, he and a servant got away to a nearby garden, where they were waylaid and strangled...