Word: rampant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that ludicrous, leave them alone. They'll go away like all ludicrous theories do. When people start telling The New York Times that they lynched someone or stole someone's food after reading The Selfish Gene, the matter will have to be considered further. But for now the rampant paranoia and vigilanteism at this university must cease. It is the other side of the fascist coin...
When the hockey team copped the Beanpot, rave reviews followed, ice fever was rampant. But following the loss to Cornell two days later, a Crimson headline read, "Forget Monday's Beanpot." Why forget such a memorable triumph? How could the pucksters help but feel betrayed? But no doubt they read the story...
...friends. New York's Plaza, that swan-bosomed dowager among luxury hotels, has become a favorite roosting place for wealthy rockers (Ringo was there too). To Linda, the Plaza was just one more stop on the road, but it provided a splendid scenic view of the lady rocker rampant...
Perhaps nowhere is kissing more widely and elaborately practiced than in Manhattan, whose nervous system, from SoHo to Sardi's and on uptown, handles an immense traffic of social signals. But social kissing is also rampant in California, usually in the form of a double peck on the cheeks. Many believe it has gone too far. Says Los Angeles Social Leader Betsy Bloomingdale: "I find myself kissing and wishing I hadn't. You risk being rude if you kiss one person and not another. And there are awkward moments when you don't know whether to kiss...
...limitation on contributions means, says Wolfe, that "more than ever, people in show business have a tremendous role in campaigns. Through concerts and other entertainments they can deliver a million dollars in a single evening, and in show business, this kissing has become even more rampant than it ever was. Jimmy Carter has to kiss at least 3,000 rock stars-male and female-in the next four years to pay up his debt...