Word: punch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contrast, aggression by the male model was generally viewed as appropriate and approved by both the boys ("A1's a good socker, he beat up Bobo. I want to sock like A1.") and the girls ("That man is a strong fighter. He punched and punched, and he could hit Bobo right down to the floor and if Bobo got up he said, 'Punch your nose.' He's a good fighter like Daddy...
...adopting a resolution specifically commending the Czechoslovak radio for its dramatic invasion broadcasts. And as always, the spirit of resistance found voice in wry Czechoslovak humor, notably in a cartoon that took a poke at all the new "temporary" Soviet-dictated restrictions. It shows one man winding up to punch another and explaining: "I am going to belt you in the mouth temporarily...
This was the Yale of 20 years ago, the Yale I had always somehow pictured. Three-piece suits and Pucci prints abounded, as did champagne punch, stuffed figs, and talk of skiing. The steward wore a flower in his lapel from the secret garden of the secret building of the secret society. These very well-cared-for young men seemed quite unaffected by anything that went on outside of their tomb...
...churchgoing. To enforce his sentence, he requires each offender to write a weekly letter describing what he learned from the Sunday sermon. The effect of the preaching is sometimes questionable. One 15-year-old girl wrote what Chronicles 1:29 meant to her: "We are time watchers and punch clocks." Another boy complained: "This lesson I didn't understand at all. I did not know what he was talking about...
...decide which way to put it out (it's a little different for different malfunctions). It takes from a second to a second and a half to reach down against a 125 mile an hour wind to find the ripcord on your stomach and pull it and then punch the bag to make sure the chute is knocked out. It then takes two seconds for the emergency chute to become fully open. At this point you are travelling at the terminal velocity for a falling human, 125 miles an hour; you started with less than half a mile to fall...