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Word: flipping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Emotional flip-flop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Tie With Yale, 0-0 | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

Thus began a flip-flop career as John caught one pass on the varsity as a sophomore. His junior year he was back at safety and eventually started against Penn and Yale. He was working out over the summer to pack on some extra weight in order to play safety this year when Restic called him at home in California to tell him about the Big Switch. At this point, quips Scott, "yeah, you were sipping a Tequila Sunrise at the beach when you got the call...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...sometimes putting in 20-hour days, and known as a voracious reader. He is fluent in Latin, Italian, English, French and German, as well as Polish. Not Russian? Said a priest in his entourage when asked that question last week: "No Pole speaks Russian?but everyone understands it." A flip-up desk allows him to write while being driven in his car. He has a disconcerting habit of reading or writing while carrying on a conversation?and then displaying total recall of what was said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Foreign Pope | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...rival in California. Up to primary day, Jerry Brown opposed Proposition 13; when it was approved, he became an overnight convert and began to talk as if the whole thing had been his idea in the first place. People laughed and scoffed, but Brown seems to have survived the flip-flop with votes to spare. The latest survey shows him 25 points ahead of his lackluster Republican opponent, State Attorney General Evelle Younger, whose campaign style is unkindly compared to a mashed-potato sandwich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tax-Slashing Campaign | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...Mouse. That Lelouch is at it again! His camera dips and swirls and flip-flops, but it didn't move as much as I did--shifting in my seat. This is a slight mystery made intolerable by technique. Maybe he should have directed Network, and given Cat and Mouse to Lumet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: That's Entertainment? | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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