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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flip-flop on the rebate cost him some support. Many people had already made plans for spending their rebates. A few Congressmen felt betrayed. But most congressional leaders applauded Carter. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd said the President had made a "wise decision." Liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits of New York called it "prudent and courageous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Carter's First Big Test | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...have been puzzled by the bald heads and bulky bodies behind the Golden Arches last Friday. No wonder. At a store in San Diego, Founder Ray Kroc, 74, handed over French fries to waiting customers; in Baltimore, McDonald's president, Edward Schmitt, 51, picked up a spatula to flip burgers. It was "store day" at McDonald's, and from Portland to Pensacola, executives left their offices to don paper hats and hustle behind the counter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Still the Champion | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

McCall probably first earned his national reputation as an environmentalist, not a prankster. During his eight years in office, moderate Oregon banned throwaway bottles and flip-top cans, liberalized its abortion and contraception laws, and began a policy prohibiting development of the state's 300-mile coastline. McCall--and many other Oregonians--wanted to save the state from the anarchistic growth that California and other states had experienced in the preceeding years. The state tightened up environmental regulations--so much that some heavily-polluting factories had to be closed--and discouraged all but clean industries from settling there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Real McCall | 4/14/1977 | See Source »

...Americans. Instead of tax cuts, labor wants more Government spending to create jobs. Said Meany, who never lets his own $90,000 salary deter him from hurling a good, populist line: "I don't see why people in the upper brackets should get $50 that they can flip at the first headwaiter they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Meany Draws Up His Shopping List | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...flip side of Manfred Mann's "The Mighty Quinn": "The Pathetic Pygmy...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: 'Disk Frisk' Entries More Bizarre Than Questions | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

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