Word: slappingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even more by a New York Times Magazine article last December in which Deutch said they were "not as competent" as military officers he had left behind at the Pentagon. An agency division chief immediately fired off a cable to stations overseas telling them to ignore the director's slap. Deutch says he regrets the statement and has cut back on interviews...
...fingers and toes with all the accuracy their six-year-old minds can muster. "Nineteen," they conclude. Then the clearly ancient guest asks, "Guess how old I am." Britty can't resist the chance to tease: "900,000!" she shrieks. The sisters dissolve into giggles. They reach up and slap a celebratory high five...
...wife's grave. Gibson has a graphic metaphor for experienced editors: "They're like great surgeons, able to make the right kind of adjustments in places that most of us wouldn't look for. They get into that room with a pair of scissors, cut the cancer out, slap it back together to see if it works." And that's how editors' cuts save directors' butts...
PLACING THE MILLSTONE NUCLEAR PLANT on the NRC'S watch list is a significant and serious matter, hardly a "wrist slap," as Galatis characterized it. Northeast Utilities has already undertaken aggressive steps to correct the situation, including a total reorganization of its nuclear group and the creation of a first-ever office of nuclear safety and oversight. We have pledged to go beyond the requirements of regulatory compliance to earn back the public trust and demonstrate our passion for safety. In the end, our business objectives can be met only after we first satisfy our safety goals and our employees...
...Harvard has treated [ROTC students] as if they were lepers. It's a slap in the face of every undergraduate who still values honor, duty and country," said John Applebaum...