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Word: slap (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Saturday night's basketball game against Boston College will go down as just another loss for the perennially overmatched Crimson hoopsters, but at the same time the 75-71 decision will be a brutal slap in the face for those who said that this team is incapable of producing exciting basketball...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.C. Stifles Cagers' Comeback, 75-71 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Four minutes later, Moot streaked in along the left boards and fired a blinding slap shot that the Warrior goalie didn't see until he turned around to scrape it out of the net. Just 27 seconds later, Dunderdale set up John Marchand and Harvard...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: J.V. Icemen Blast Warriors | 12/3/1976 | See Source »

Hozack's first-period tally 11 seconds before the buzzer had given Harvard the initial advantage, but the oldest Wilson set matters straight with a slap shot from the, right point after a non-Crimson clear at 2:23 of the second period...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Too Many Wilsons Ruin Opener for Icemen, 5-4 | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

...trotted its cameras up to Rhode Island with the expectation of a close game, and got what most television executives would call a nasty slap in the face. With the score Harvard 38, Brown 13 in the middle of the third quarter, viewers were seeking entertainment elsewhere and the Bruin starters were on the bench looking for a place to hide. There was no joy in Browntown. Final score...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Something Bruin Saturday | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...often as he performed that task he failed to notice the old movie poster in her room. Then one morning he had to return a second time to shake her into wakefulness, and that was the day he saw the poster-which advertised the original Kong. "I just slap my head and say, 'Oh my God, this is an inspiration.' I remake the old Kong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES KING KONG | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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