Word: pepping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NOTEBOOK: While giving Cliff Sheehan a pep talk, Adam Dixon was approached by an official and ordered off the track. "It shows how quickly you are forgotten," Dixon said. "It's like being chairman of the Communist party in Russia and suddenly finding yourself in a six-foot cell in Siberia...
...part pep rally, part gesture of defiance. One day last week, 415 friends of embattled National Security Adviser Richard Allen gathered for a $30-a-per-son lunch in his honor at Washington's Mayflower Hotel. Master of Ceremonies Edwin Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation, praised Allen as "a beacon of hope and light...
...sometimes sway major decisions. But the Cabinet as a body is little more than a discussion group. It has met 35 times; issues are "round-tabled" (a White House buzz word) to give everyone a chance to sound off, and the President delivers what amounts to pep talks. But Reagan almost never announces a decision until he can discuss matters further with the troika and perhaps a few other aides. The President, says a close aide, fears that some Cabinet members are becoming captives of the bureaucracies they head...
Between periods the Crimson "got a really strong pep talk from [coach John Dooley]," according to Hurley. It obviously impressed her, since she tied the game just 43 seconds into the second period, converting a pass from blueliner Amy Spalding...
...Sprawling on the sidelines, students and alumni sip beer, bloodies and bourbon as the home-town Tigers are tamed 7-6 by the Generals from Washington and Lee. It seems a perfect postcard of an all-American scene. But look a little closer. A few details are amiss. The pep band in the stands has only male members. There is not a curvy cheerleader in sight...