Word: tap
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the well's majority owner, Phillips Petroleum Co., quietly closed down Petunia's oil production last April, for public relations purposes Phillips will continue to tap the well's small yield of natural gas. Thus, as the Tulsa Tribune put it, "Oklahoma still has a distinction as a capitol: two sources of gas, one underground and one in the legislature...
...intimidation started well before the opening tap when the Blue Devil cheerleaders acted out a Harvard-bashing skit to the Ray Parker-esque tune of Geek-busters...
...Dolphins surprised more than a few viewers by showing what a bunch of crybabies they really are. Mark Duper threw his helmet on the ground like some 10-year-old brat who needed a slap--and I mean a real slap, not one like that wimpy love-tap that Miami's Fuad Whatever gave to the Pats' Don Blackmon...
...must be the most expensive, the most elaborate. Spielberg has always been exhausting to watch, but never emotionally fulfilling. How can we care about the characters when the moviemakers are not willing to give them enough time to develop a personality before they are hurled into a pit of tap-dancing killer iguanas with a predilection for John Williams orchestration...
Students are referred to the Bureau by a variety of sources, including senior tutors, senior advisers, housemasters, proctors, and University Health Services. But at least 58 percent of the Bureau's patrons tap its resources on their own initiative, according to a report prepared by the Bureau...