Word: banged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than ever, the world needs leaders who can inspire their fellow citizens with a fiery sense of mission, not a nationalistic or military campaign but a universal crusade to save the planet. Unless mankind embraces that cause totally, and without delay, it may have no alternative to the bang of nuclear holocaust or the whimper of slow extinction...
...sound bites, keep their candidates away from rancorous reporters and try, ever so discreetly, to manage the news. For a movie publicist, the methods and motives are the same; only the product is different. And by orchestrating the burgeoning infotainment press, a smart flack can detonate a bigger bang for the buck. Without spending a dollar on advertising (though millions will be lavished on print and TV ads), without cozying up to a single critic (though rave reviews are nice), he can secure a client's name in people's minds. "Publicity isn't a buckshot medium," says Robert Friedman...
Penn's offensive line played bang-up football, shoving the ball down Harvard's throat for 557 total yards (340 rushing, 217 passing). The front wall opened holes the size of moon craters for running back Bryan Keys (28 carries for 178 yards and three touchdowns) while giving ready-to-run quarterback Malcolm Glover (14 of 22 passes, 217 yards and a touchdown) ample time to pick the Crimson secondary apart...
...most likely cause of their demise, said Bakker, touching on another dinosaur controversy, was not a meteor or a sudden temperature change, but a disease of epidemic proportions. "I see dinosaurs as not going out with a bang, but going out with diarrhoea," said Bakker...
...Harvard men's squash team opened the new year with a bang...