Word: flips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vault over the defending walls and capture the stronghold. The athletic skills displayed in this and other parts of the program could win gold medals in a dozen Olympics, and the brilliantly garbed Chinese players have discovered what may be a new art form - the somersault. They do fast flip-flops and they do slow ones; they can do almost any thing with their bodies, defying both gravity and anatomy. A more gorgeous dis play of costumes and gymnastics has probably never before been presented onstage...
...Flip through the course catalogue, and see if you can find four courses that interest you. While you're doing this, consume large quantities of everything you can get your hands on--it's going to be a long four years...
...scored below 9.95 Son the four-inch wide apparatus, and there seemed no reason why she could not lift her score again. But her knee bent ever so slightly on a difficult 360° rotation, and she lost her balance for a millisecond after a patented front flip with a half twist. Even so, she seemed tinged with gold...
They arrived dressed in the casual splendor they can now afford: Cheech in a T-shirt, bright green pants and flip-flops; Chong all in white, with high-top wrestling sneakers, a green translucent belt and tinted glasses. "Hey," says Cheech, gesturing at his clothes, the microphones, and the cameras and smiling knowingly, "We're not as dumb as we look...
Against the incumbent's stern, presidential warnings of a tax cut, the Republicans have rushed to fill what they term a "leadership vacuum," and appear anxious to spank Carter in public on the basis of the president's past economic flip-flops. Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), himself a defeated candidate for both president and vice president, spoke out this weekend as the ranking Republican on the finance committee. "Those who are irresponsible in a time of crisis, including economic crisis, are those who cannot and will not act," Dole said in a sharp rejoinder to Carter's accusations...