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Word: slappings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...budget that Jimmy Carter sent to Congress last week was a cold slap of reality for Ronald Reagan on the eve of his Inauguration. The legacy of federal largesse that Reagan inherits is far worse than he had suspected, and the yawning budget deficit severely threatens his strategy to stimulate the U.S. economy by cutting taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carter's Farewell Budget | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...well-placed slap shot by MTU right wing Mel Pearson at 8:25 changed everything, giving the Huskies a 1-0 advantage and reversing the momentum. From that point, all the Crimson could do was hang on, and the score was 4-1 by the end of the first period...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Michigan Tech, MSU Victorious | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

...news that Harvard students might break the CRR boycott hurts. "It's a slap in the face to all of us who fought something that we thought was important," he says...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The University Tries its Students: Case Histories From the CRR File | 12/17/1980 | See Source »

This stinging, slap-happy cartoon of contemporary race relations is one of the standout tunes on one of the year's standout albums, Minimum Wage Rock & Roll, by a brash new Los Angeles band called, with appropriate bemusement, the Bus Boys. Since the group consists of five blacks and one chicano drummer, its excursions through the realms of brotherhood come as naturally as a walk around the block, and are sometimes just as risky. KKK announces a fearless ambition guaranteed to turn both sides of the color line to a common, angry red: "I am bigger than a nigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Bus Boys Are Moving In | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

With 1:45 remaining in the first stanza, Taft kept Harvard from falling three goals behind. The yardling alertly cleared the puck with netminder Tate out of the goal after a sprawling save of Terrier captain Nancy Kilik's slap shot...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Women Pucksters Blanked By B.U. In Ice Hockey Season Opener, 4-0 | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

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