Word: zinged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fence a weak team like this, you should smash them," Marion said. "There was no zing to our performance. It was all lead--there was no silver...
...Story) as well as standards by Dylan (Only a Hobo) and Elton John (Country Comfort). As a sometime member of the good-time British rock-'n'-roll band known as Faces, he is one superstar who is out mostly to have fun. That includes giving a humorous zing to his guitar playing, handing bottles of wine to lucky members of the audience, and place-kicking bright red soccer balls far beyond the footlights...
...ultimate undoing at Forest Hills. In the five months since, however, she not only polished her game but grew a full inch taller and five pounds heavier. (She is now 5 ft. 5 in. and weighs 115 Ibs.) As a result, there was more snap in her strokes, more zing in her serve and more zap in her overall attack as she advanced to the finals against Billie Jean King...
Perhaps it has more zing when translated into Russian...
Typical of Zumwalt's approach but carrying more zing than most was Z-gram No. 57, issued last month. It said bluntly that "Mickey Mouse" and "chicken regs" (for regulations), which he labeled "demeaning or abrasive," must go. It orders Navy commanders to keep abreast of "changing fashions," and Zumwalt explained separately that "neatly trimmed" beards and "neatly tapered" hair up to three inches long must be allowed. The new order threw out the nagging rule that men who live off base or off ship must change from work to dress uniforms for the short trip to and from their...