Word: whack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Simons: And we don't want norms. There's no such thing as norms. Crimson: Well now that Professor Nesson has opened himself up for attack on his flanks, maybe I'll let Mr. Simons and Mr. Lewis take a whack at giving some directions in which they would like to see the courts move in this area...
...These same people will sit down to a meal of steak, French fries, a salad drowned in dressing, and pie à la mode. Cholesterol per se does not cause heart disease. Rather, a high cholesterol level may be a symptom that one's life-style is out of whack. Our focus should not be on eggs but on making appropriate changes in our lifestyles...
...athletic field this quest for being the best becomes a matter of winning titles, championships, and trophies. In athletics, a full trophy case is the symbol of success. To get trophies, tennis players whack thousands of balls per week in practice sessions at Palmer Dixon, swimmers undergo punishing workouts twice daily from October to March and distance runners sometimes run until they wretch...
Even with all these plans, the deficit would remain frighteningly large. The military-spending reductions and partial freeze on civilian programs, in combination with social-spending cuts that Reagan still hopes to wring out of Congress, would whack about $40 billion out of expenditures in the next fiscal year. But that would still mean spending roughly $175 billion more than the Government could hope to collect in taxes. That deficit would be barely below the $180 billion to $185 billion now expected in fiscal...
...policeman called the underwear theft "someone's fetish," and noted that there have also been cases of theft of men's underwear and jockstraps. He added that thefts of designer jeans and shirts--"a quick $50 a whack"--may be unrelated to the stolen underwear...