Word: axing
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...Axe Falls...
...snarling, howling, roaring! They were after him! They were getting nearer! He stared about him with the terror of a cornered animal. Then he ran. Through the door he crashed, out into the Yard, across the Square, unmindful of cars, and into a hardware store. "Give me the biggest axe you've got!" he screamed. Panting he rushed back and burst into the Reading Room. Picking out the nearest chair he closed one eye, sighted, and swung the great axe above his head...
...this refusal to grind an axe: this kindliness, combined with a supreme ability to handle a difficult situation, that explains how "Karp" solved his unemployment problem by first getting a job as Secretary to the Russian Embassy, and then as Professor of History at Harvard...
...Near collision-proof automobiles that can't be dented with an axe are planned by Henry Ford with bodies...
...slingers demand that the Big. Three subsidize football players; actually what these bright columnists need is a few whacks with a ring post. It would be the only way to make an impression on their tough skulls. Colonel Dave (Boston Biowtorch) Egan is an old standby in the axe-grinding business, and his newest disciple is Bill Cunningham of the Boston Post. What a strange pair of bedfellows they make...