Word: slapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comments specifically only once: "Decisions about the direction of research should be left to individual investigators rather than deans..." The phrase, "direction of research," is vague and in another context the statement might seem benign. But in the midst of Bok's complaints it could be interpreted as a slap at the NIH-mandated review process and as a boost to the misguided notion that "freedom of inquiry" guarantees to all scientists the right to do as they please with their experimental subjects. Not that Bok accepts that notion; but since he offers no evidence that he rejects...
...libel suit was a minor slap in the face compared to the incident that followed. Five days after the article appeared, demonstrators from a building and trade union that has vigorously supported Rizzo in Philadelphia politics began assembling across the street of the Inquirer building at midday. By 3 p.m. enough men had gathered to block sidewalks and close off the Inquirer's entrances preventing delivery trucks from entering or leaving. The picketers carried signs saying "When is the Inquirer going to start telling the truth," and "The Inquirer is a biased paper." They closed their ranks tight enough...
Alex Gibney scored on a short slap shot in the closing minutes of the game yesterday to give Yale's Morse College a 5-4 triumph over Kirkland House Harvard's previously undefeated intramural hockey champion...
...Crimson icemen pressed to get back in the game, Morse goalic Rick Smith rose to the occasion. With ten minutes left, he took a slap shot in the face and was visibly dazed, but seconds later still came up with a leg save to blunt a Kirkland threat...
...Sino-American relations, which Kissinger did much to restore after a 23-year break, have gone from sweet to sour. Some diplomats insist that Richard Nixon's invitation from Peking was designed not only as an honor for the ex-President but also as a slap at Kissinger for appeasing the Russians...