Word: slapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ceremonies opening the new Japan House in New York City, Professor Jun Eto of the Tokyo Institute of Technology said: "It was almost as if the black ships had reappeared off the coast of Japan." The Japanese described Nixon's twin action as an ofuku binta?the forehand-backhand slap in the face that imperial army officers administered to erring soldiers before...
...reduce the sting of those slaps, Nixon accordingly decided to turn Hirohito's routine refueling stop in Alaska into a chiefs-of-state ceremony complete with booming cannon, Marine Corps trumpeters and satellite coverage of the event for Japan's five TV networks. But even as the President prepared to reaffirm Japanese-American friendship, the U.S. administered yet another slap to Japan...
...penalty shot should never be missed," Messing explained, "so you have to use psychological tricks. I went out to their player and gave him a friendly slap. I guess he was pretty shook...
Lost Momentum. The big showdown occurred last week when the Dodgers met the Giants for the last time this season in a two-game series at Candlestick Park. In the first game, the slap-hitting Dodgers uncharacteristically clouted three home runs to outlast the Giants 5-4. In the process a disputed call and a near free-for-all over an exchange of beanballs resulted in two players from each team being thrown out of the game. Next night, the Giants rebounded long enough to take a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning. Then some more strange things...