Word: slamming
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...speech, Agnew referred to Rivers' predecessor, former Representative Carl Vinson, as "the late Carl Vinson." On the phone in Georgia, the 86-year-old ex-Congressman was not amused: "I saw that in the paper. I've got no comment. I'm still living." Slam...
...children closely about the facts or non-facts that underlie their assertions. This used to be tough on Susan. "In the beginning, when we talked about student rights or the war, I'd get emotional and forget all the facts I had. There were a lot of angry, slam-the-door incidents. I used to be really upset because he was my father and he was supposed to listen to me. But he'd stay very calm and say, 'Come back when you can talk rationally.' Now there is a feeling that we are all individuals and I can talk...
...Leaguers took a 4-to-1 lead. The National Leaguers, powered by the Giants' Dick Dietz and Willie McCovey, finally woke up in the ninth to tie the score and send the game into extra innings. The spectators who remained, including Richard Nixon, were rewarded with a rare slam-bang finish...
...also possible that the U.S. economy could get itself into a "stop-go" cycle such as Britain suffered through for many years. Washington would apply brakes to the economy, release them when a recession threatened, find that the business revival had set off a new burst of inflation, and slam on the brakes again...
...Nickens pitched the first six innings, giving up one earned run, while striking out 12 and walking five. Bill Kelly hit a grand slam home run in the first inning after the Florida pitcher tried to get around the Harvard power by walking Varney...