Word: zinged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have just had the poignant displeasure of reading another entry in the Crimson tradition of free-verse editorials, Mark T. Brazaitis's piece, "Iowa Sends a Zing at Hart." Some would call it difficult to respond to the substance of such a piece--that is, substance of a particularly base nature--but I am a local supporter of Gary Hart's campaign for the presidency, and I adore a challenge...
...Cosby is to television, Murphy is to movies: the undisputed popular champ. Cos plays the good father, Eddie the adorable, rank- mouthed boy. And Murphy is more: a gifted mimic with explosive sexual charisma. That's what gives the Beverly Hills Cop films their sleek, self- satisfied zing. But 90 minutes of Murphy, prowling the stage in duds of black and blue (just like his comedy), can wear thin when the text of his sermon is the cupidity of women and the stupidity of men. Richard Pryor, Murphy's stand- up role model, earned his right to obscene rage...
Then there was Lincoln. He got a lot of good press after being shot, but I'm too squeamish for that type of thing and theater in Russia is nothing to speak of. Teddy Roosevelt? He lifted weights. Too tiring. Franky Roosevelt? He was big with economic reform. No zing in that...
...powerful slapshot--which has helped him to 28 goals on the year--didn't zing...
...ball harder than I was. I need something with a little more power." On this technological subject, he went so far as to suggest that West German Boris ("Boom-Boom") Becker, 17, the spectacular find of the tournament, was a souped-up shortcutter without a solid wooden foundation. But zing is more than string. McEnroe also had to admit, "I felt a little old out there...