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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...table by reviving the spirit of detente. With that attitude in mind, Reagan gibed last week, "Good will and sincerity will get them a smile and a glass of vodka. And you can guess why the Soviets will be smiling." At the debate, Mondale tried to tag Hart with flip-flopping perilously on arms control and only slowly perceiving the true virtue of freezing nuclear arms, but his attack missed the point. The truth is that Hart first explored more sophisticated approaches to arms control, like the "build down" that would allow the superpowers to build new weapons only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Local Politics, Global Power | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...from Ms. Idelson's article)? Like rape, pornography is based on the premise that male control of female sexuality is okay--in fact "more fun" (because violent) than sexual activity that is mutually agreed to. Pornographic magazines make female sexuality and male violent fantasy about it available at the flip of a page, no consent required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rape Mentality | 4/6/1984 | See Source »

HART'S handling of the gun control issue also helps put the lie to his more-independent-than-thou image. If the candidate's Isreali embassy flip flop failed to convince observers of his susceptibility to special-interstates, his un control waffle should persuade them...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Hart's Smoking Gun | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

...LYRICAL FILM El Norte is a sobering reminder of the flip side of the American Dream: the harsh and discouraging existence of the lower-class immigrant. Through the hopeful eyes of its central adult characters--a young Guatemalan Indian named Enrique and his sister Rosa--we see the ultimate "American" city, Los Angeles, in a new light: for a change the focus is not on aging starlets, alienated gigolos, or the jaded Rodeo Drive crowd. The hopes dashed in this tale are of a humbler sort, concerning only survival and modest prosperity...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Tunnel to Freedom? | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...threshold remain can formally defect to another uncommitted. contender During he arm twisting at McKinstry Elementary, the lonesome Glenn and Cranston supporters were recruited by other groups One result was a Jackson-McGovern tie lor third place that was settled, according to official party rules, by a coin flip-heads, McGovern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going for a Knockout | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

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