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Word: tap (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...included Arne Duncan's flying tap-in that put Harvard up, 2-0. Keith Webster's 360-degree turn-around banker that extended the Crimson's lead to 30-18, and Joe Carrabino's perimeter hook shot that put the hosts on top by 10 with three minutes to play...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cagers End Skid, Wallop Cornell | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...from now on, when I tap my forehead in response to the question, you'll know that I really do know the answer. Or, at least, I think I know...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Those Charity Stripe Blues | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

...second half was all Brown, even from the opening tap. The visitors' tap play worked to perfection, freeing Donna Yaffe (a game-high 22 points...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Quick Brown Zips Past Women Cagers, 81-67 | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

...with plastic. But the stoniest of the pilgrims followed their quest in the elderly bread vans and decommissioned school buses painted with rust primer and furnished with curtains and the kind of mattresses that are chucked under lampposts at 3 a.m. On their windows were stickers showing skulls or tap-dancing skeletons, talismanic to the Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: the Dead Live On | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

Pinchot argues that entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs have similar motivations. Both are pushed primarily by the desire to accomplish something. Says he: "What drives the entrepreneur is a deep, personal need for achievement." This, rather than any large financial gain, is the key. Pinchot says that companies should try to tap employees' interest by giving them the freedom and the financial backing to chase their ideas. If they succeed, they may get a bonus or a promotion. But for intrapreneurs, the real payoff is the feeling of success--"I did it, and it worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Intrapreneurs | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

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