Word: bumper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MacAusland doesn't expect another bumper crop of freshmen like last year's, but some new faces should win spots...
MacAusland doesn't expect another bumper crop of freshmen like last year's, but some new faces should win spots...
Most hit shows live off habit; Dallas arouses demonstrative loyalty. Millions of Dallas T shirts, bumper stickers and buttons are festooning torsos, fenders and lapels. Haifa dozen "J.R." novelty records are heading for the charts. Society matrons are planning Dallas costume parties for the night the program returns. Politicians have climbed on the bandwagon too. Jimmy Carter, at a Dallas fund raiser, confessed with a grin: "I came to Dallas to find out confidentially who shot J.R. If any of you could let me know that, I could finance the whole campaign this fall." Perhaps not: at the Republican Convention...
...fear of Soviet expansion, the spread of Russian communism through military force. "Something has to be done to stop them" was a common refrain all week--when asked, many said they would be willing to go to war should Russia show signs of overrunning the free world. But, bumper stickers to the contrary, young men seem to realize that there are two sides to the Iran "crisis" that is supposed to rescue America from the passive "Vietnam Syndrome." None of them seemed eager to go to war over the hostages...
...Jackson Hole, Wyo., near the entrance to Grand Teton National Park, a major tourist attraction for vacationing motorists, a merchant glanced out the window last week and smiled. "Normally the Winnebagos would be bumper to bumper this time of year," she said. "But this year you can actually find a place to park...