Word: taunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They told us not to taunt anyone," said Aretha D. Davis '93, adding that students were informed that they could personally be implicated in a suit, if a neighbor were to file...
Perhaps Doi's most persistent problem is her unmarried state. Not only do rival politicians taunt her about her lack of a spouse, but the press continually asks her why. Doi, a confirmed feminist, says she simply has not found the right man. She has managed to convey a common touch through her love for pachinko, an extremely popular pinball-machine game, and her fondness for karaoke bars, where she sings along to Frank Sinatra...
Mikhail Gorbachev has a nightmare, and it keeps coming true. In various corners of the world's last empire, demonstrators wave placards, some of them bearing Gorbachev's portrait; they hurl slogans, including some he made famous; they taunt troops, all of whom he commands from Moscow. Shouts lead to shots, and a riot becomes an enactment of Gorbachev's greatest dilemma: the relaxation of control can also mean disorder, which in turn can provoke repression, reversing reform and jeopardizing the political survival of the reformer. Last week it happened in Tbilisi. Next week, or next month, it could happen...
...past years, Cornell fans have been known to throw fish at opposing players and tie dead chickens to their goal posts. Some said students spend most of their winter hibernation in upstate New York thinking of new ways to taunt the Harvard goalie...
...even though he can skate, the Golden Knight likes to taunt opposing players. Most opposing players respond with a check to the boards...