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Word: bloopers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until recently the press seized on every blooper as underscoring his lack of heft. A few published put-downs were inaccurate, including a joke reported as fact -- that he thought Latin is the language of Latin America. Still, Quayle commits enough miscues on his own to supply critics with ammunition. Addressing the United Negro College Fund, whose motto is "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," he lost himself in a self-indicting verbal fog: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind. How true that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dan Quayle's Salvage Strategy | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...that point, Lee Polikoff had been dominating Penn batters. But with two outs, the Quakers struck for four straight singles, capped by Jill Ward's two-run bases-loaded blooper that gave Penn a 2-1 advantage...

Author: By Jonathan D. Unger, | Title: Batswomen Sweep Quakers in Ivy Opener | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

OHIO. Howard Metzenbaum, a gadfly who brays through one of the loudest trumpets in national politics, is portrayed as "too liberal" by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich. But blooper-prone Voinovich's attempt to link Metzenbaum to kiddie porn unleashed a backlash. During the G.O.P. Convention, Voinovich described himself as the leading candidate for next year's gubernatorial race, seeming to concede the Senate contest. He might as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Senate Battlegrounds | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Rowning (2-1), however, was as cool-headed as the weather. The Crimson hurler allowed her only hit in the fourth inning--a blooper by Tanya Culbertson. Before the single, Rowning had retired nine Pioneers. In four innings, she struck out three batters and walked only...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Batswomen Pioneer A Smith Laugher, 10-1 | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

Given Harvard's recent consolation game record--0-4 going back to 1987's Beanpot blooper to Boston College--and the fact that the Crimson was the now defrocked and disappointed favorite to reach the final of the ECAC Tournament, Saturday's Harvard-Vermont ECAC consolation game shaped up as just another walk down Disconsolate Drive...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Blast Cats, 7-1 In Consolation Game | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

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