Word: wave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leverage because of his collection of pornographic pottery, is suitably hysterical, in all senses of the word. He runs about like a Skinner-box mouse on Thorazine. Taking time out to sing "I'm Calm," he shows he's as cool under fire as barbecue sauce in a heat wave. Andy Borowitz is on target too, in his characterization of Lycus, a gentleman and procurer. He adds just the right dash of street hip, and being skinny with black moustache, owes more than just a nod to Groucho in his delivery. Vincent DiBenedetto, Marc Johnson and Philip Murray take their...
While Rep. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass.) promised a nationwide Democratic "tidal wave" at the Fantasia in Cambridge, Independent Saundra Graham's supporters gathered across from the Jack-in-the-Box in Central Square to applaud her victory against incumbent John J. Toomey...
...tall burly Irishman predicted the large voter turnout would enable Jimmy Carter to carry Massachusetts by a half million votes, creating a "tidal wave that will sweep across the nation...
...spite of everything, each of the opposition parties views itself as the wave of the future. All of them claim to bet getting involved seriously in electoral politics for the first or second time this year, and say that just the fact that their candidates' names appear on ballots proves their potential strength. This time, we don't expect a lot of voter recognition, they say, but wait until next time round. For most of them, it's likely to be a long, long wait...
During the fracas, CB Fan Johnny Bench used radio jargon to downplay the importance of short wave in baseball. Said Bench: "It still comes down to the fact that someone has to throw the ball, someone has to hit it, and someone has to catch it. Do you copy, good buddy?" In the 1976 World Series, the Cincinnati Reds proved that they throw and hit and catch well enough to be copied into baseball lore...