Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months ago from a preacher little known outside the ranks of Evangelicals. In doing so, he forced George Bush, Michigan's nominal winner, to make a costly effort to retain his status as front runner far earlier than the Vice President had intended. He also denied Congressman Jack Kemp the chance Kemp sought to emerge as the clear alternative to Bush...
George Bush's supporters claimed 52% of the delegates. No, said Pat Robertson: his staff figured he took 40% to 45%. Both wrong, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News: "uncommitted" bagged 52%. A strategist for Congressman Jack Kemp gave no numbers but insisted that "Michigan is still up for grabs...
...first name. (Would Parkinson's law ever have been discovered if C. Northcote Parkinson had remained Cyril N. Parkinson?) More commonly, such changes suppress a plain name. (Could Bill Harriman have served Presidents as grandly as W. Averell Harriman did? Would the FBI have achieved the same renown under Jack Hoover as it did under J. Edgar Hoover...
...Jones. On the other hand, a fair number of people still dislike being patted on the shoulder and called Harry by someone who is trying to sell something. Women, in particular, object to being addressed as Susan by a doctor who would look startled at being called Jack. There are no doubt millions of people, notably in-laws, who have never succeeded in figuring out what to call one another...
...that Robert Ballard has proved that artifacts from the Titanic can be salvaged ("It would have been easy to retrieve those things," he said last week), the great ship may become a target for treasure hunters. Texas Oil Baron Jack Grimm, who between 1980 and 1983 spent a total of $2 million on three failed missions to find the Titanic, announced last week that he plans to use a submersible next summer to retrieve Titanic relics. "The selling of them I'm not particularly interested in," he says. "I'll probably donate them to different museums or put them...