Word: overboard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rapid reversals in public temperament may be a social reality, but they are not to everyone's taste. Julia Child speaks for many when she says, "A glass of wine is part of civilized life. But we're inclined in this country to go overboard on everything. I believe in moderation in all things." Whether with a small glass of water, wine or something harder, the proposition deserves a hearty toast...
...reform bill this year." If there is not, declared Delaware Republican William Roth, the committee's first witness, "we will have in this country the tax equivalent of the Boston Tea Party, except that it will be the politicians instead of the tea that gets tossed overboard...
When Miami police captured Rafael Soto, 35, running down a darkened street soaking wet one night last week, they did not buy his story that he had fallen overboard while fishing. A little after 1 a.m., a Coast Guard helicopter had spotted a speedboat running without lights toward Miami. As the craft was pursued across Biscayne Bay, three men jumped overboard in an attempt to escape. Soto is believed to be one of them. The cargo on board: 1,909 lbs. of nearly pure cocaine. With a street value of $575 million, it was the largest coke seizure...
...This whimsy apparently was reference to his wife's nickname, "Crash," and his, "Smash." He sent bowls of fruit to people in the marina with his card, which has JOHN "SMASH" THEURER printed on it. By that time, a lot of people were so upset they threw the fruit overboard. One morning, very early, he appeared on a spit of land across from the marina with a crew and some bulldozers and began tearing out mangroves, which are protected in Florida. The sheriff arrived and stopped...
...pretty offended by some of the things this guy wrote." Wright said in a call from Cambridge. Mass. "We both know that Duluth hasn't had the greatest luck in the last few years, but to go this far overboard and abuse the city when he's there to see a sporting event is unacceptable...