Possible Clues:

• 2012, for one
• '1812', for one, is bound to have noisy climax and corny bit
• March delayed now, as rear of company entering jump to attention
• When presidential elections occur
• Calendar phenomenon
• English novel a player passed around, such as 1984
• 2008 or 2012
• Springtime's for female proposals
• 1996 and 2000 occurrence
• Periodically, one in four of the foreign press agency is on Yankee canal site