Word: sneaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...interests of hilarity and anarchy, we are pleased to present: Three Theories to Get You to Sneak Off to the Theater When You Probably Should Be Studying Instead...
...though, he adds, he isn't really in the best of shape these days, and he's got a lot of friends on the team--real friends, who aren't racists, so they can joke about the fact that Ed adds a little color to the team, and occasionally sneak up to him when he's sitting on the mat and tackle him. When he wrestles, members of the team stand at the edge of the mat and tell him his position on the mat, but aside from that, he's on his own--and pretty tough at that...
...Peking, tickets to ideologically suspect movies are among the most highly prized items on the black market. Though screenings of such films as The Red Shoes and The Sound of Music are restricted to high Communist officials, a clever practitioner of tsou-hou-men can sneak in by exchanging a favor with someone employed in the moviehouse or in the Ministry of Culture...
Businessmen contend that OSHA's most pernicious habit is to sneak up on them unawares without search warrants, a practice that is drawing increasing scrutiny from the courts. Since last January, 18 state and federal court decisions have been handed down against the agency for violating the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unlawful search and seizure. A suit is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the agency's authority to make inspections without a warrant. There is plenty of evidence that such tactics simply make enforcement all the harder. Says William Kemp, a furniture manufacturer in Goldsboro...
...help me, we decide to spend the night in the suite above his garage. We tell ourselves that we wish to avoid awakening him in the morning by stumbling into the pack of dogs, but all we really want is to get out without seeing him again. We sneak back up the stairs to collect our belongings for transfer out to the garage. We pick our way past the dogs sleeping on the floors, under the tables around the chairs and up and down the stairs. None awaken. We stuff our clothes into our bags. One of my sneakers...