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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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During a heated debate in the Lamont Forum, each candidate charged that the other was a "hypocrite." Before the audience of 60, Michael attacked his opponent's attendance record while DeGiorgio accused Michael of "flip-flopping" on abortion...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Campus Republicans Pick New President | 12/10/1991 | See Source »

Until I went to my first BGLSA dance, I was such a homophobe (my straight roommate insisted that I go to a dance and at least get to see the community that I spent so much time condemning). That night, I felt my heart flip for the very first time at the sight of a beautiful woman; I got to know the joy of loving someone and being "in love" with that person all at the same time. I had never felt that way about any of the men I dated...

Author: By Sandy Cavazos, | Title: A Lot to Learn | 12/3/1991 | See Source »

...mean to sound flip," Kuelzer said, "But this is the downtown area, and you can't expect it to be like a quiet suburban street...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: A Fight Begins Over Liquor Permits In Harvard Square | 11/26/1991 | See Source »

...away with this affront to dullness because they are for kids, whose eyes have not yet been educated to squint, and because they have the cartoonish spirit. Beauty and the Beast, a fairy tale, is Disney's 30th animated feature; The Addams Family, a comic ghost story, is a flip book based on Charles Addams' drawings. Both films are defiantly artificial, with fancy musical numbers and design schemes that carry not only the mood but most of the humor. And both movies have talking furniture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep An Eye on the Furniture | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

After months of clamoring for more high-tech aircraft, Saudi Arabia has reversed the throttle and quietly backed off its request for 72 more F-15 jet fighters. KING FAHD's surprising flip-flop may prove to be a pragmatic move. The Saudis relish their role as Washington's pre-eminent Arab partners in the Middle East peace process, so they would rather not risk embarrassing GEORGE BUSH. The $4 billion transaction would have undercut the President's vow to scale back arms sales to the Middle East and would surely launch a bruising battle between the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Will Do Nicely Without the Planes | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

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