Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...declared spokesperson for the group. The ladies got more support from a friendly Lyon public, in the form of free food and drink, than from the government. State Secretary Giroud referred the problem to the Minister of the Interior. "Prostitution is a masculine phenomenon," she remarked in passing the buck. Father Antonin Béal, the parish priest, offered perhaps the most resourceful response to St.-Nizier's unlikely occupation forces. Timidly presenting himself in front of his captive audience, he delivered a sermonette on the redemption of Mary Magdalen...
...parties involved hold each other responsible for the crisis. Some doctors blame the increasing incidence of malpractice suits on patients' desire for a fast buck at the expense of physicians. Others lay the responsibility for the rise on ambulance-chasing lawyers, who have been forced out of automobile liability actions by the growing acceptance of no-fault insurance...
...felt worfully out of place. The seens was surround enough that no one had noticed my suit. I looked around and saw that people's hairlines were receding their faces were wrinkling up as they stood there. It took a few more doses of spirits (at a buck a shot) to bring reality back within certain acceptable tolerances...
...promotions to encourage them to do just that. Chrysler advertises CONGRESS ACTS TO GIVE YOU A TAX REBATE . . . CHRYSLER ACTS TO MAKE IT GO FARTHER. The company is mailing $200 rebate checks of its own to buyers of Darts and Valiants. Some retailers, too, are bidding for the rebate buck. Chicago's Goldblatt Bros., a department store chain, last week promised shoppers a 10% discount "on most items" if they bring in their rebate checks...
...stagehands as they clear up the debris from the previous scene, Robert Larsen can demonstrate his ability, Peer, based on a folk hero, is an yarn-spinner and boaster, and Larsen is an excellent story-teller. From the opening scene, with Peer's fib of riding astride a reindeer-buck. Larsen reveals astounding acrobatic ability, vocal control, and stage presence, lending greater weight to Ibsen's lyrical verse. His versatility becomes apparent as his mood and expression age with Peer, who bears the scars of a weather-beaten, lonely old wanderer...