Word: tip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when words like fission, double-helix, and plutonium are on the tip of every layman's tongue, books about science, or better yet books by scientists, are a sure sell...
...Coppinger went right the other way. After catching the ball at the Harvard 20, he tip-toed up his own sideline for 70 yards until he was dragged down at the Yale 10. Most of the run was called back on a clipping penalty, but Harvard had the ball back--and the momentum...
...penalties proved costly when, on third down and 6 from the Yale 38, St. John hit Callinan with a thread-the-needle aerial down the sidelines and the halfback tip-toed into the end zone with just 25 seconds gone in the second quarter. The 70-yd., 9-play drive ended with Cody missing the PAT, leaving Harvard with an astonishing 13-0 lead...
Immediately a storm of protest broke out. President Carter threatened to punish oil companies if Congress failed to pass a stiff windfall tax on profits from oil decontrol. House Speaker Thomas (''Tip'') O'Neill called the profits ''sinful,'' while James G. Archuleta, head of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers called the Exxon profits ''pornographic...
They're like horseplayers scratching their heads over the latest tip sheets. When touts whisper the freshest snatches of gossip in their ears, they don't really believe, but they listen anyway, unable to help themselves...