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Word: whips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hardly matters. The Dallas phenomenon stems from something more complex than an interest in whodunit. If J.R. Ewing had not committed himself to a life of stylish wickedness-and if the part did not fit Hagman like an iron whip in a velvet glove-few viewers would care that he was near death or trouble themselves to ponder the assailant's identity. If the scheming scion of Ewing Oil were not surrounded by a nest of relatives, all pursuing their venal and venereal desires through a plot delirious in its complexity, he would be perceived as a cartoon villain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Dallas: Whodunit? | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...which would seem to answer the question. There is another reference to the Hellenic detour elsewhere, on "Let Me Go," when Jagger moans, "Maybe I'll become a playboy, hang around in gay bars, and mooooooooove to the West Side of town." And then there's "When the Whip Comes Down" from Some Girls. But this is fantasy--what is important is not where Jagger is looking for his escape from women, but that he is looking...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Women | 8/1/1980 | See Source »

Barbara Walters of ABC rushed to the CBS booth to line up Ford for an interview of her own. Rumors raced through the hall fueled by television reports, which were in turn fueled by the rumors on the floor. Three politicians and two journalists told Reagan's floor whip, Congressman Robert Michel, that the presidential nominee was about to arrive with Ford. "Where did you hear that?" Michel demanded. Someone replied that Dan Rather had reported it. Michel tried to call the Reagan suite and G.O.P. Chairman Bill Brock, but could not reach either. Then he ran smack into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Convention Hall of Mirrors | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard won the race, they would have faced Yale in the final; the Elis eked out a tough preliminary win over Trinity College of Dublin, and then exploded to whip the Witwatersrand squad to win the Ladies Plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Falls on Thames; Parker Crew Wins Cup | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

...essential American soul," Lawrence said extravagantly, "is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer." In 19th century portrayals, Uncle Sam has a certain look in his eye that had disappeared by the time of the famous World War I I WANT YOU recruiting poster. The look is conniving, raw and whip-mean, the squint-shrewd eye of a man with a rope who is about a week's ride from the nearest law court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rediscovering America | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

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