Word: tappings
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...Principal's left nostril," he says. "You have three pars on the trot now." But too many shots, moments and memories have been missed. The game is up. On the 18th hole, a meager drive, a half-skulled 6-iron, a pitifully pulled putt and a long tap-in add up to a par four that tastes like turned milk. "You're home," whispers Alex, graciously leaving off the "laddie." Home? Right. Yeah. Sure. Well. It's good to be home...
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD. Many thought that when the Old Trouper Ronald Reagan tap-danced off the political stage, he would take the references to Tinseltown with him. Not so. Movie allusions were so common among speakers in New Orleans that the place sometimes resembled another French city: Cannes...
...President's confidant, not his competitor. But he did cultivate good relations with right- wing groups, which considered him suspect for his opposition to Reagan in the 1980 primaries. Thus when Bush spoke to the contra contributors cultivated by Carl ("Spitz") Channell, Channell planned to tap the same people for donations to Bush's future campaign needs. This was just one of many ties Bush's office had with right-wingers concerned about Nicaragua's "freedom fighters...
Condom makers tap into the growing fear of disease and find a lucrative female market. -- A contraceptive device for women...
...Bush could choose based simply on his own likes, he would tap his friend the Waspy and witty Wyoming Senator. Extremely popular and partisan, he would be an effective attack dog. Though ardently conservative, his pro-choice abortion stance would ruffle the right. He looks like Ichabod Crane, and his tart tongue could get him in trouble. Worse, his state has only three electoral votes...