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Surya Bonaly executed her signature backflip with a flair, a one foot landing that host Wylie said no other skater performs...

Author: By Sadie H. Sanchez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Evening' Draws Packed Audiences | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Louisiana law that created "covenant marriage," a more binding vow that can be ended only because of extreme circumstances. "You don't have to be abused or betrayed," Pollitt declared, "to have a bad marriage." Earlier Pollitt had baldly asserted, "Divorce is an American value." Thus, in a double backflip, the backlash against the backlash against divorce is under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TIES THAT BIND | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...possibility of such a tour came as a surprise to most of the group. Purin, 20 did a backflip when he found...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: Ska on the Road, But Not for Long | 4/27/1996 | See Source »

Just about everybody in Washington jumped on the tax-cut bandwagon last week. But Bill Clinton was the only one who had to do a backflip while eating his words. Such are the contortions of political reincarnation. Since his party's dismal showing in the November elections, Clinton has moved deliberately toward the center, and last Thursday night's speech was his most dramatic course correction yet. Clinton made several proposals last week similar to ones he criticized Bush for making when the patrician Texan was trying to save his presidency. The G.O.P. enjoyed the show. Said Haley Barbour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 12-Minute Makeover | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

Even out of the pool, Watson has proved capable of unusual displays of athletic prowess. Watson's roommate bet him $5 that he couldn't do a backflip off the top step of Widener library. The roommate was wrong...

Author: By Neal Shultz, | Title: Dan Watson: National Champ | 4/24/1982 | See Source »

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