Word: splashed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contest to single out the single most useless item of apparel, the necktie wins in a walk. At best, it adds a modest splash of color to the Adam's apple; at worst, it makes a wearer appear to have been the recent victim of a mad tracheotomist. But with the coming of high-heeled shoes and shoulder purses for men, it seemed impossible that the ladies would not strike back. Now they have: in the gilded salons of Manhattan, London and Paris, the flouncy belles of yesteryear are turning out in man-tailored jackets, fly-front trousers...
...made no splash before Atlantic Monthly made some leftists frantic. And like as not, his fame will fleet, Leaving Herrnstein a secure professorial seat. Martin Fridson...
...Imaginative water rides-including a jungle cruise on the Senegal Sal, a sternwheeler splash on the Admiral Joe Fowler and a keelboat journey on the Gullywhumper...
...everybody agreed. Former Laborite Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart said the expulsions created too much of a "splash." Some critics complained that the Tories were trying to torpedo the projected European security conference, through which the Soviets hope to win Western recognition of the status quo in Eastern Europe. In fact, the British action appears to have been carefully timed to avoid damaging the conference. The British waited to move until after the four-power Berlin agreement was signed last month, and they acted well before the meeting, which is not likely to take place before...
...front-runner-at least temporarily. The latest Gallup poll showed Edward Kennedy ahead of him, 26% to 22%, as the presidential choice of Democrats. Muskie aides said their candidate had not yet begun to fight in August, when the poll was taken. Since then, he has made a splash with his statements on busing and a black Vice President. For better or worse, that will be reflected in the next poll...