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Word: jerk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only a shortsighted effort to keep things tidy. Student publications, solicited or not, certainly deserve to be read by students, yet central bins or baskets might prove to be viable alternatives. In any event, the Masters are justified in wanting cleaner hallways. Unfortunately, the Crimson has adopted a knee-jerk position in a zealous rush to stake the moral high ground...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: The Death of Liberty? | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...never shared these treasonous thoughts with any of my Skins-loving friends. I assumed my fears would dissipate and I could return to my knee-jerk support for the burgundy and gold...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Redskins, I Can Hail Thee No Longer | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

Despite the knee-jerk response of some sports purists against any association between professional athletics and gambling. Galvin's plan deserves to be implemented in Massachusetts. Not only will it offer the state additional income with no pain attached, but it also will take a sizeable bite out of the illegal profits garnered by organized crime through gambling operations...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Tackling the State's Fiscal Woes | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

...talk about this cult that stabbed the kids and cut the kids' noses off, and you'll get to actually see a picture of it. It will be really neat." Geraldo has that certain je ne sais quoi. For want of a better word, I would call him a jerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

Doug Moe, the flamboyant coach of the Denver Nuggets, got to thinking a few weeks ago that pro basketball shouldn't let Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slip into retirement without somebody standing up and saying what a "jerk" the Laker center had been "his whole life." Abdul-Jabbar let it go, but the obvious rejoinder, if he remembered the headlines of 1961, was to say at least he never accepted carfare from a fixer for listening to the pitch. That was Moe's only confessed involvement in a point-shaving mess at the University of North Carolina, but it was enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Did Pete Rose Do It? What Are the Odds? | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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