Word: stomp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rough-and-rollicking stereotype of Calgary has been created, in large part, by the summer shindig known as the Calgary Stampede, a major stomp on the rodeo circuit that has been drawing revelers since 1912. Some citizens would like to shuck that image. "People think of Calgary as a town full of red-neck, capitalist cowboys driving Cadillacs," complains Rod Love, who works in the mayor's office. "We are the financial and technical capital of Western Canada." There is a stock exchange and a contingent of high-tech companies to back up that claim. There is even a mayor...
...They're out to stomp out every single communist political group, every single socialist group, every single progressive political organiza- tion in the world," Sheehan said. "This is oneof the two largest threats to civil rights in theworld--the other is the KGB," he said...
...drawl about a dangerous neighborhood, while LeBlanc and bassist Ned "Hoaky" Hickel shout punk-style, "DMZ! DMZ!" Hickel's rockabilly bass thrums up and down the scale, while LeBlanc pounds violently and Davis' guitar screeches. The combination is hilarious but effective; it makes you want to get up and stomp, perhaps on a small animal...
When the conflicts involve serious issues, however, Silber's position may become a bit more precarious. He can stomp on his own students if he wishes but skirting the First Amendment poses a greater problem...
...Bears have watered down their stomp a little this year, skirting the likes of Detroit (13-7), Philadelphia (13-10) and Atlanta (13-10), winning all the same. They have not only beaten but joined the media. A Bear without his own radio show has become an object of pity. McMahon, Ditka, Linebacker Mike Singletary -- everyone but William ("the Refrigerator") Perry, it seems -- have penned monographs to last season's glory. Perry is thinking about a cookbook...