Word: flopper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assists. The team's young defenders, Dave Maloney, 22, Ron Greschner, 24, and Mike McEwen, 22, seldom allowed the Islanders a clean second shot. Goal Tender John Davidson, thought to be too big at 6 ft. 3 in. to react swiftly, completed the transition from belly flopper to stand-up defender and kept the Islanders at bay with miraculous saves...
Taking on Carter, Ford will stress his own "experience" and speak often of the need for "trust." Carter, he is already saying, lacks experience and should be viewed with suspicion because "he is the biggest flip-flopper I know." Not only that, Ford has claimed that Carter inspires widespread public "fear and apprehension" because of his inexperience in foreign affairs...
...busing, in favor of gun controls and against the state's right-to-work law. When Howell tried to explain his previous stands on those issues-for example, he denied that he favored busing children across city, county and state lines-Godwin scorned him as a "flip-flopper." On Election Day, a record 1,031,063 Virginians voted, and they elected Godwin by 14,653 votes...