Word: romps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lehrman saturated the airwaves and took the Republican primary in a romp, reportedly spending more than $6 million of his own money for that initial race alone. By becoming a fixture on daily and night time television, Lehrman has catapulted himself through sheer dollars into a leading spokesman for conservative, indeed libertarian, government. Or, as his Democratic opponent Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo put it, "a more Radical version of Reaganomics...
Harvard, which had the best defense in the lvies that season, fell to its knees an prayed at the feet of Big Green quarterback Jell kemp, who had performed last rites in a 30-12 Dartmouth romp...
Phillips maintains, however, that the Reagan coalition is inherently unstable. The Sun Belt salesmen, Bible-thumping moralists, Wall Street bankers, neo-conservatives, and disgruntled industrial workers who voted for Reagan in 1980 did so for radically different reasons. To each, Reagan symbolized a different restorationist vision. Because the Reagan romp mobilized so many diverse constituencies--but will fail to satisfy and of them--Phillips foresees its eventual splintering, and a subsequent "dealignment" of American politics and political parties. His only hope for a way out of such a deadlock is for reforms in the political system itself. He believes that...
...Royal Opera House and the Teatro Comunale in Florence-was entirely under Giulini's supervision, from the selection of the singers to the sets and costumes. In Giulini's hands, the final masterpiece of Verdi's old age emerged not as a simple, sometimes cruel romp, but a wise, humanistic view of life's pleasures and follies. Brimming with a youthful freshness and ardor, the seamless music of Falstaff could have been written only by a man well versed in the ways of the world. Giulini's interpretation went straight to the heart of this...
...what she called "probably the best match I've played in a really long time." All of her passing shots fell just inside the line, and her opponent, Carolyn Sugar, was left staring at the spots where the ball landed Evans zipped to a 6-0, 6-1 romp...