Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three panelists also agreed that if there was a nuclear war, there would be no winners and no losers. "If we decide to destroy the Soviet Union tomorrow, and push the button," Albert Carnesale, professor of public policy, told the audience, "they will have enough missiles left to take us down with them...
...achieved most of its glory during past Winter Games on the ice. Df the 24 gold medals awarded to singles figure skaters in the twelve Olympic Winter Games, eight have been won by Americans. From Dick Button to Dorothy Hamill, American skaters have not only dominated, they have defined the standards of the sport. The entire U.S. figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash in Belgium in 1961, yet the program was strong enough to produce a gold medalist, Peggy Fleming...
...Push a button activate you gotta work...
...board it?" and "no problem." Even insult has lost its point: "I couldn't care less" has degenerated to the meaningless "I could care less." Greetings are equally vapid: telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button. Kramer vs. Kramer is advertised as a film that is "absolutely today." Nouns continue to be overrun by the jargonaut: the New York Times demands stronger sourcing, meetings are preambled, situations are impacted. The New York Post recently managed a dazzling double play with its offering: "Stunt man extraordinaire...
Which move did Dick Button perfect just prior to his 1952 figure skating performance which enabled him to secure a gold medal...