Word: forecourt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer did not merely rise to this challenge. The new wing, named for its principal donor, Robert O. Anderson, former chairman of the board and CEO of Arco, has obliterated the old museum like the giant foot in Monty Python. What was once the museum's forecourt is now filled with a stepped facade some 300 feet long and, at its highest, 100 feet tall: a blind screen of yellow limestone, horizontal bands of green ceramic and patches of glass block, with a gargantuan rectangular entrance portal. The architects have so overdone their contextual homage to Hollywood Deco...
...than Harris' 6-ft. 5-inches, the Crimson usually gave away valuable inches on the forward line. In most contests Harris got into early foul trouble trying to defend opposing centers that stood five inches taller, and was often joined on the bench by at least one of his forecourt mates...
Throughout the match Pompan had trouble returning his opponent's thundering serves, and more importantly, keeping up with Lapidus's booming, finely placed baseline-to-baseline backhand shots. Pompan played dangerously anytime he ventured into the forecourt, since Lapidus's crosscourt shots nearly inevitably shot past his racquet and bounced within a few inches of the sideline...
...ranked singles performer Tiina Bougas maintained her domination of the East coast, cremating Kathy Lynch, 6-2, 6-0. Bougas had no difficulties during the match as she controlled her serve and forecourt volleys throughout the two-set triumph...
Bougas, displaying a combination of base-line strength and forecourt agility, shocked Anne Marie Kleis, the Quakers' number one player. Bougas overcame early flaws which left her trailing, 5-6, in the first set, with eight straight game victories...