Word: bashing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flopped in its last tryout, The Pay-Raise Follies enjoyed a remarkably rapid revival. There was House Speaker Tom Foley last week, a bipartisan cast gathered around him, calling earnestly for more money. Here again came consumer advocate Ralph Nader, stirring up rabid radio talk-show hosts to bash Capitol Hill for insatiable greed. George Bush, once more standing in the wings, sent his best wishes...
...tooted trumpets and danced on the top. They brought out hammers and chisels and whacked away at the hated symbol of imprisonment, knocking loose chunks of concrete and waving them triumphantly before television cameras. They spilled out into the streets of West Berlin for a champagne-spraying, horn-honking bash that continued well past dawn, into the following day and then another dawn. As the daily BZ would headline: BERLIN IS BERLIN AGAIN...
...need to control the ball," Harvard Coach Sue Caples said. "We are a well-balanced team, and if we stick to our game plan of short passing and drawing corners, we should do well. We can't get into a `bash ball' game with the Bruins...
Questions: How many Lampoon members contributed to the parody of Forbes which came out last month? How many members organized the extravagant $10,000 bash in honor of Malcolm Forbes himself--complete with a carnival organ, spotlights and motorcyclists...
...story glass tower rises out of Warsaw's downtown like an intruder from another world. But it is a welcome one. The $65 million Warsaw Marriott, which is scheduled to open this week with a bash for 1,000 guests, will be the first major Western-operated hotel in Poland. Built in a joint venture with the Polish airline LOT and an Austrian construction company, the structure has 520 hotel rooms and office space for businesses. Amenities include a shopping mall, a swimming pool and satellite TV in every room...