Word: notch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Diplomatic standings will change in the coming era, some up, some down. The Soviet Union's smooth-talking Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin will rate lower. So will former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and certain diplomats from the Third World. Henry Kissinger, former everything, will step a notch up. So will Anwar Sadat's skillful Washington envoy Ashraf Ghorbal. Spies are back, and the Carter Administration will not be using the word love quite so often or in quite the same...
Once again, Adam Dixon led the parade, winning the 600 (1:11.8) and the 1000 (2:12.58), and coming from behind in the anchor leg of the two-mile relay to notch another victory. Noel Scidmore also copped three places, finishing second to Thad McNulty in the mile (4:11.3), third in the 1000 (2:15.89) and also running a relay...
...Lawrence's Nightmare. The Writer and his Circle of Friends in the Years of the Great War. By Paul Delaney. (Basic, $15.95). Has Lawrence ever had a pleasant dream? Lawrence's wartime miseries are handled skillfully in this top-notch depiction of a full generation of British writers...
Despite the relative ease of the win, Zivkovic said he was particularly pleased with the first victory of sophomore Bill Marhsall in his second epee bout. A jittery Marshall dropped his first bout but rallied in the second, using smooth, clean lunges to notch the victory...
More freestylers were needed to strengthen the relays and allow flexibility in lineup decisions. But the most glaring necessity was to find a top-notch, preferably world-class breaststroker. This year's freshman class promises to fill all of these gaps, and more...