Word: bootleg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three times and having disappointed his father's ambition for him to become a chip off the old block in the medical profession, he became a day laborer in a steel mill and a pit man in a railroad roundhouse. He spent most of his nights drinking "bootleg" liquor at clubs and speakeasies but somehow found enough contacts and friends to get a job with The New Yorker...
Like Americans everywhere, the local residents of Dixon and Davenport fumed and spatted about Prohibition, which brought violence even to Davenport: the mysterious shooting and murder of Bootleg Kingpin Nick Coin on the street after raids on sub rosa saloons...
Three cracks at the Cornell line proved fruitless, and Buchanan called timeout to consult with Restic. What followed was a gutsy play, with Buchanan sprinting wide on a fourth down bootleg and reaching the end zone untouched by a mesmerized Big Red defense. The half ended with the Crimson in front...
...white-knuckle express. Scott does straightaways at 110 m.p.h. and rarely corners at less than 65 m.p.h. The car seems to be flying out of control. Passengers are jerked around hard as Scott throws the Chevy into bootleg and J turns. Tires scream. Heads (and stomachs) spin. Everyone is scared witless. "This is hardball out here," shouts Scott in the understatement of the week, "but you'll be doing it in a few days." No way, each student groans to himself. But only 10% fail the course...
Ramming is almost the last alternative to consider. In an ambush the two basic maneuvers are the bootleg and J turns, which students practice for hours. The worst thing is to do nothing. During "confrontation and chase," a sort of midterm exam on wheels, each student jockeys one Malibu around the track, trying to anticipate, and avoid, ambushes by "terrorist" instructors in three other cars...