Word: slap
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guess a program like that is good in that it reminds people of the problems (of alcohol abuse), but you can only slap people in the face to many times," said junior Margaret A. Stimpson...
...shining examples of behavior. When, instead, they engage in amoralka (misconduct)--the most common forms being heavy drinking, philandering and, among diplomats, smuggling Western consumer goods--their peers are supposed to recall them to righteousness. The party had a series of weapons for these situations, ranging from a slap on the wrist, vygovor (a reprimand), to expulsion. But the party prefers to redeem rather than punish. The higher a transgressor's rank, moreover, the greater the tendency to cover up his misdeeds...
...Harvard endorses discrimination against pay people in its academic programs. What if Harvard gave students academic credit for a course which no Black students would attend? Would not this be seen as Harvard endorsing discrimination? Harvard acceptance of ROTC courses as equal to Moral Reasoning 22 ("Justice") is a slap in the face for each gay student at this University...
...Araskog in 1980, he kept a seat on the board of directors. Says Robert Sobel, author of ITT, a 1982 history of the company: "Araskog wanted to sell a lot of companies at the outset, but Geneen seemed to think that selling anything that he originally purchased represented a slap in the face." Some Wall Streeters believe it was not until Geneen left the board in May 1983 that Araskog, a West Point graduate who grew up on a Minnesota farm, could assume full command. The clearest signal that he was committed to major divestitures came last August, when...
...short-lived. The egalitarian atmosphere at Taliesin West--everyone was expected to share in the house and yard work--was not to her liking. It reminded her of Communism, she said. Less than a month ( after the wedding, clients of the architectural firm were shocked to see Svetlana slap her husband at a gala dinner party. At Taliesin West's summer headquarters in Spring Green, Wis., a resident recalls, Svetlana threw the contents of a highball glass into the hostess's face during a cocktail party and was forcibly escorted...