Word: beatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...final analysis, most of these points seemed irrelevant to Henry Wallace. He now beat a retreat to one last position: "Should the U.S. continue its stockpiling of atomic bombs during the period of negotiations?" In the light of recent diplomatic history, the U.S. people would presumably know how to answer that. To their good judgment Baruch left Henry Wallace...
...beat the bushes for meat," cried Clint Anderson. "The time has passed when we can fool around with the OPA and price controls. Once the meat pipelines are filled, I can then declare that meat is no longer in short supply and we can have the controls taken off and meat will continue to flow into the channels of trade. That's the quick and reasonable way to end the meat crisis, and I'm confident that that's what will happen...
...came to Brooklyn the following afternoon. Playing like champions for once, the inspired Bums manhandled the Boston Braves. For a few happy hours, they were ahead. But that night the Cards' Harry ("The Cat") Brecheen beat the Cubs for the second time in a week. It was all tied up again, with a single game apiece to play...
...almost ten years, Novelist Cecil Scott Forester's tarry yarns (Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, etc.) have delighted readers of all ages-even those who usually get a touch of seasickness from historical romances, marine or otherwise. This fifth and (according to the publishers) last of the series is the poorest of the lot. It involves too much dry-land maneuvering and lush love-making on Hornblower's part, too little Royal Navy salt and lore...
Three goals slammed home in quick succession in the opening eight minutes of the second half meant the first victory of the season for the Varsity soccer team as they came from behind to beat an aggressive Tufts outfit by the score of 3 to 2 on the Business School Field Saturday...