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Word: slappings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dolphins surprised more than a few viewers by showing what a bunch of crybabies they really are. Mark Duper threw his helmet on the ground like some 10-year-old brat who needed a slap--and I mean a real slap, not one like that wimpy love-tap that Miami's Fuad Whatever gave to the Pats' Don Blackmon...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Super Bowl Bound | 1/15/1986 | See Source »

...serving time for robbing a post office, then took the floor and proclaimed his allegiance to the Abu Nidal terrorist group, a maverick Palestinian band that is aligned with Libya. Extremely agitated, the grenade-juggling Khalki told his television audience that he wanted to "give the French state a slap in the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Trial By Terror | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...Manhattan could still be had, and Roby made his move at the 16:32 mark. The first year coach's answer to 29 dollars worth of beads and trinkets: five freshmen and a slap on the butt...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Manhattan Ambushes Men Cagers 81-69; Schernecker Leads Frosh Comeback Try | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...wasn't too heavy and I could always make contact, a slap hitter, knew I could get the singles and maybe even a double once in a while if I ran fast, and it looked good...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: The Dandelion Club | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

Such a migration would be a slap in the face to positive change. Heightened debate, questioning and re-evaluation of legal education is healthy. The rise of Critical Legal Studies has broken a longstanding moderate-liberal consensus at the Law School and has opened the field not only for the left but also for a variety of new approaches, including an emergence of more firmly conservative approaches to the law. Albeit through drawn-out political infighting, Harvard Law School is notable for its diversity of legal opinion. Resignation is simply not the way to assure a constructive conclusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Critical Decision: Save the CLS Program | 12/5/1985 | See Source »

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