Word: slappings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slap in the face to the German voters as well as West German democracy [Oct. 11] when a minority party like the Free Democrats, with 53 members in parliament, is allowed without a general election to topple a government that has been voted into office. The Christian Democrats and F.D.P. should get what they deserve in next year's ballot...
...works down at the Star Market now.") Then again, a few juxtapositions make a viewer catch his breath. After Nina Bernstein's lonesome ballad "Just a Housewife," the sarcastic opening line of the prostitute (Martha Hackett)--"Well, I didn't want to be just a housewife--comes like a slap in the face. Each speech and song brings a new twist--a corporate executive is numbered among the hunted unhappy, a cocktail waitress keeps herself euphoric through a curiously empty pride...
...stick women picked up their final score five minutes later, when White hit a penalty corner to Martin, who returned the ball to White for the slap-shot goal...
...they haven't worked. Options like far stiffer penalties for recruiting violations, or tighter supervision of major sports programs are available, but they won't mean anything until the will to solve the problem arises. And while there are plenty of well-intentioned people around; while NCAA officers can slap meaningless probations on naughty little schools; and while there is a rule-book so heavy Quintin Dailey couldn't dunk it--this all-important will is hibernating...
...reliable partners on the line--Reagan virtually forced the western European governments to rescue the firms by ordering compliance with the contracts, a move that could not help but appear to be directed against the U.S. Such a glaring oversight set the United States up for an inevitable slap in the face...