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Word: slappingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taking bribes from drug cartels. But Clinton chose re-certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts to keep drugs from streaming across the border into the U.S. "It would be difficult to maintain the same level of cooperation when one has received a slap in the face," said Mexican Ambassador Jesus Silva Herzog. The Mexican government brought another trophy to the bargaining table Thursday by capturing Gulf Cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon, head of a major smuggling operation, and destroying a ton of cocaine seized by the Mexican navy on the Yucatan resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whew! | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

...taking bribes from drug cartels. But Clinton chose re-certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts to keep drugs from streaming across the border into the U.S. "It would be difficult to maintain the same level of cooperation when one has received a slap in the face," said Mexican Ambassador Jesus Silva Herzog. The Mexican government brought another trophy to the bargaining table Thursday by capturing Gulf Cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon, head of a major smuggling operation, and destroying a ton of cocaine seized by the Mexican navy on the Yucatan resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whew! | 2/28/1997 | See Source »

David Ives's All in the Timing is a fast-paced comic slap in the face. Ives's collection of highly original skits--on topics as assorted as the death of Leon Trotsky and the plays of David Mamet--makes one realize just how predictable and sappy most modern comedy is. Even when writing about a commonplace subject like a couple's first meeting in a cafe, Ives maintains a hilarious, cleverly crafted style, free of cliches. Happily, first-time directors Jeremy McCarter '98, who is a Crimson editor, and Adam Stein '99 brought Ives's hilarity to life last...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Fast-Paced Production of Ives Play Almost a Sure Thing | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

Sophomore Melissa Milbert sent a slap-shot from the point past Dartmouth goalie Noralee Raymond minutes later to knot the score...

Author: By Grant D. Wiens, | Title: W. Hockey Drops Dartmouth | 2/25/1997 | See Source »

...bilingual world of North Country college hockey, only a slap-shot away from the Ontario border, these are the words which no visiting team wants to take home from Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Travel for light years, throw your sleep schedule into total disarray...and still get nothing tangible from your journey? Such is the ECAC's version of death by the rack...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Pointing | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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