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Word: punch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even if women and Blacks and Jews are invited to punch, the clubs will still remain socially elitist in their admissions policies and discriminate against students who can't pay dues. Faculty members and students who frequent the clubs continue to buy into this system. The law can only force the clubs to go co-ed, it cannot eradicate their moneyed elitism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Right of Dissociation | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

Student turnout was very light, and several students had to receive crash courses on how to use Cambridge's punch card machines, election officials said. At least one student looked puzzled as she asked if she was supposed to go into one of the curtained booths...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Quincy House Serves as Poll | 3/9/1988 | See Source »

...cause, police say. Certain intersections have turned into "drive-thru" cocaine marts, the scene of violent competition. Crack dealers, some as young as 13, are making up to $2,000 a day. Between sales, they smoke "fry daddies" (crack-laced cigarettes), drink "swamp juice" (gin and fruit punch) and then lash out at the buses. "It's a circus atmosphere out on those street corners," says Police Sergeant Roger Liljedahl. "They're getting high on this incredible stimulant and feeding off each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savage Ride: Buses in a crack zone | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Senior center Luciano Borsato (14-27--41) leads the Golden Knights in scoring. He is followed by classmate and right wing Steve Williams (14-19--33). Junior Mike Morrison (19-11--30) provides additional scoring punch for Clarkson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Aiming to Blot Out Knights | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...Gephardt promising to force the Koreans to reduce tariffs on American cars, or "they'll soon learn how many Americans will pay $48,000 for a Hyundai." The spot hit the air in Iowa the day after Christmas and grabbed viewers by the collar. "What the TV did was punch through what I'd been saying for a year," Gephardt explained last week. "We finally got across that the trade bill isn't about protectionism; it's about fairness, a two-way street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pilloried For Pandering | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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