Word: blow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Early on, the game looked like it would be a blow-out. On the opening possession, Duke forward John Smith drove through the Crimson paint for a thunderous slam...
...future on some childish whim. Tell me I'm being irresponsible and throwing all caution to the wind when I announce that I have no desire to go to work after graduation. Tell me I have no idea of the consequences that will result from my decision to blow off my future in favor of bumming around the world for no particular purpose...
...biggest blow came last week, when Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca approved a decision to withdraw all 36 of the 30-second ads his company had planned to run on the mini-series, at a cost of more than $6 million. A company statement said the commercials, which have an upbeat "born in America" theme, would be "both inappropriate and of diminished effectiveness" in the context of the program. ABC is trying to sell the time elsewhere, but will force Chrysler to make up the difference for any lost ad revenue. Two other advertisers, General Foods Corp. and Northwestern Mutual ! Life...
...first two sets, we spoon-feed them," Stan was explaining the other night at a place called O'Shea's, a vast waterfront establishment that seats 500 when they aren't dancing to Stan. "We mute the trumpets and the trombones, and we blow easy. After that, we let them have it." And so he did, with Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing...
...Union address. But Wright was eager for his moment in the limelight, and the result was a pleasant surprise for most of his colleagues. In many ways, the speech by the 17-term House veteran proved more effective than the slickly produced Democratic responses of past years that featured blow-dried young Senators and Congressmen...