Word: slapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stinging Slap. If Ram's resignation was a body blow, the public disavowal of Indira by her aunt, the illustrious Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, 76, was a stinging slap in the face. Mrs. Pandit, onetime President of the U.N. General Assembly and former ambassador to Moscow, Washington and London, had made no secret of the fact that she disapproved of Mrs. Gandhi's emergency. A fortnight ago she told reporters that although she loved her niece dearly, she would speak out during the campaign "in order that democracy can be put back on the rails in this country...
That juvenile crime is down is an encouraging sign for this new approach, as is the recognition of the need for some new secured facilities for youth. From the hyperactive, almost slap-dash days of Jerry Miller, Massachusetts has sat back, reevaluated its child welfare program, and begun to pick up the pieces...
...Yardlings skated viciously to tie the game after each Huskie goal in the see-saw period. Paul Mangano and Bob Kelly with dogged determination combined for two inspirational goals. Mangano netted the final goal of the stanza on a rebound conversion of one of Kelly's wicked slap shots...
...backhand drive by George Hughes found its way past Red goalie Steve Napier with just over five minutes remaining in the second, cutting the Cornell lead to 5-2. Five minutes into the third, Crimson defenseman Bob Leckie drilled home a slap shot from the point, and a flicker of hope passed through the close-to-capacity crowd...
...steps have been viewed as too little, too late. In November, over lunch in Brussels, European Commissioner Finn Olav Gundelach warned Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Bunroku Yoshino that Japan would have to submit a comprehensive plan to right the trade imbalance or face retaliation. The Europeans, for example, could slap extra import duties on Japanese goods that they suspect are being "dumped"-that is, sold in Europe at lower prices than in Japan...