Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Where is it written that the winner of the NFL's AFC West Division gets a free spot in the playoffs...
...more deserving teams which just happen to play in tougher divisions will be denied a spot in the playoffs because the AFC West winner gets a free spot...
Kansas University grabbed the top spot in the contest by earning 877 points, finishing 97 points ahead of runner-up Georgia. The Crimson finished the competition with 312 points, 60 behind third-place Arkansas...
...awards for Wonder-bread wholesomeness, but not since The Cosby Show has a TV clan achieved such instant rapport with the American public. Since its debut in mid-October, the show has consistently finished in the Nielsen Top Ten, one week even landing in the heady No. 2 spot, behind only the indestructible...
...waving flags. That did not quite do the trick. So this year they went one step further. They started bashing foreigners -- not Communists, to be sure, but second best -- ruthlessly efficient Asians. Starting with Richard Gephardt's "$48,000 Hyundai" ads and finishing with a Dukakis TV spot that featured a rising Japanese flag, the Democrats' appeal to economic nationalism has not been subtle. Attacking allies is not nearly as satisfying as attacking enemies (say, the Evil Empire), but it is a start...