Word: pepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there must be something to these inelegant pep rallies, some reason millions of normal citizens jump up and down in town halls and public squares, and shout themselves hoarse for candidates they can barely hear, saying things they all have heard before. Go get 'im, Fritz! Four more years! Maybe they're cheering the system. Maybe they're cheering themselves. Odd to think that at the center of the orgy lies the center of the country, the nation's history and reason for being resuscitated and kept alive in the tooting of a horn...
...player who, according to offensive line coach Dick Corbin, "has said two words on the field in three years here," Pascucci's halftime pep talk came as a welcome surprise...
...White House cause for both concern and cheer. Government statistics released last week showed that growth is faltering and raised the specter that the U.S. might be headed for a new recession. But at the same time, interest rates dipped, lifting hopes that the recovery will gain new pep. On top of that, Britain cut the price of its North Sea oil by $1.35 per bbl. to $28.65, and Nigeria followed with a $2 reduction to $28. The breaks in oil prices and interest rates sparked an explosive rally on Wall Street...
...despite a pep talk from Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who pledged "continued tax incentives" in a second Reagan term, and continued deregulation to "keep Government off the backs of business," members agreed that the business horizon is not entirely cloudless. The council's economic report warns that the budget deficit is "heading in the wrong direction," and will reach $177 billion, $10 billion more than the Reagan Administration's latest estimate. "I don't buy the esoteric economic arguments that budget deficits aren't so bad," said TRW Chairman Ruben Mettler. "The deficit absolutely must...
...defensive back appeared at last night's pep rally here on crutches but still managed to take the field today...