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Word: flipness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some car owners say they think the city is so anxious to make money off parking fines that they ticket cars prematurely. Wendy Chandler, a staff member at Harvard's Office of Government and Community Affairs, says she has seen metermaids flip meters to zero when they have only a few minutes left...

Author: By Salil Kumar, | Title: Parking Any Time? | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...much ridiculed cliche. Only in recent weeks, with Gephardt as the target, has Dukakis found his voice as a campaigner, railing against everything from protectionist legislation to the Missouri Congressman's votes for Reaganomics. Similarly, Dukakis' most successful ad in the South was a depiction of an acrobatic Gephardt flip- flopping through midair. Now with his favorite debating foil reduced to Simonesque proportions, Dukakis is again adrift, a candidate without a straw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three-Way Gridlock | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Lawrence finally cracked Fletcher, as Joe Day slammed a Brian McColgan rebound off the far boards for his 17th goal of the season at the 2:38 mark of the second period. Before the Knights could recover, Andy Pritchard connected 46 seconds later on a backhanded flip that bounced off Fletcher...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: St. Lawrence Trounces Clarkson to Capture Crown | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

Last night, Josh Caplan got the Crimson on the board first with a drive down the right side, a slippery move across the middle and then a flip shot past Clarkson goalie John Fletcher with the game eight minutes...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: It's a Final: SLU Versus Clarkson | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

...Flip-flopping on the issues and using dirty tricks are nothing new to campaigns. and Massachusetts politics and this presidential election are no exception. In the Democratic field alone, Rep. Richard Gephart and Sen. Albert Gore, Jr. are far worse offenders. But Mike Dukakis, no stranger to accusations of arrogance, likes say he holds himself to a higher standard...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Afraid to Put Up His Duke-s | 3/8/1988 | See Source »

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