Word: bump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most famous example of the trend Ephron laments is not even an American one. THE HEIR IS BECOMING APPARENT, punned a tabloid headline about Prince Charles' wife Diana. Other headlines read: NAPPY HOLIDAY and BACK WITH A BUMP. The blooming princess attended a dinner two weeks ago after a respite from public appearances. Her condition, pending delivery, has resulted in hundreds of gifts?from Teddy bears to a minithrone...
...Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone. Three spiritually adrift gringos and a collection of exotic supporting players bump into their fates on the fringes of a Central American revolution...
...write me nasty letters, dear women readers. I'm just reporting what I saw, and what I feel I'm supposed to feel. Someone's actually spent millions and millions of dollars to make Halloween II and it doesn't go to the bump-and-grind houses; for a couple of weeks it was the highest-grossing film in the country. The theatre was filled when I saw it, but not densely packed: generally the single men keep a few seats between them, the better to maintain their reverie...
...typically quiet Scandinavian night for the scattered residents of the Blekinge archipelago on Sweden's southeast coast. Suddenly their rustic peace was shattered by something that went bump in the dark. "First we heard a gigantic crunch," recalls one resident of the 60-is-land group. "There was a lot of rumbling. The whole island shook." Some of the hardy islanders heard the sounds of a diesel engine racing and blamed the whole incident on Swedish naval maneuvers. The community went back to sleep...
Cheng has become a team leader largely because of her brilliant play at the demanding setter position. Each time the ball crosses the net, the setter must race from her original position to the right corner of the net, field the "bump" or return of service from one of her teammates, and after quickly glancing at the opposition's defense for a potentially weak block, set up the spike for one of the frontline players...