Word: boxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gave up in his fight with White House squirrels, which have been digging up the velvet surface of his putting green. An ultrasonic whistle, box traps and a tape recording of dog and cat noises all failed to conquer the animals, and the President admitted that he had at last lost a campaign...
Once. Attlee complained, Bevan "sprang to the dispatch box and gave me a public affront." Bevan had also publicly chided his party leaders for being absent from the House of Commons during one of his speeches. "That," said Attlee, "was unpardonable." Attlee's windup revealed his own misgivings over his handling of the Bevan revolt. "I have tried and failed to get unity ... I have been abused for not taking action, for weakness and dithering." Now he was taking action. He demanded the highest penalty: "Withdrawal of the whip," i.e., releasing Nye from party discipline...
Lester gazed at the big white moon with narrow red eyes. Red because Lester was being a diligent student the night before exams. His mind was crammed with declensions and conjugations and his box of No-Doz was filled with encouragement. The pill-and-pray technique worked well in days gone by, when Lester would study till breakfast, nap till test time, then rise to snear at the men who said, "Gentlemen, this examination will...
Brave Little Hens. When the earnings report of July 1942 shows 6 lbs. of ingots, 208 napoleons and 40,000 francs a month from assorted speculations, the Poissonards decide to pay their respects to the head of state, Marshal Petain. They bring him a box of duck eggs, and the ancient hero of Verdun mumbles: "Brave little hens of France." But soon it is time for the Bon Beurre to butter up a new power. A good year before war's end, the Poissonards are tactfully praising DeGaulle in public, and Charles-Hubert becomes a hero of the Resistance...
Ford promptly protested. It charged that Chevrolet had in effect stuffed the ballot box. Its dealers registered 56,802 cars in their own names, nearly 42,000 more than Ford dealers, according to the Polk computations. Only after subtracting the dealer registrations, said Ford Vice President R. S. McNamara, could one arrive at "actual sales to customers." These showed Ford clearly the legitimate winner by 25,257 car registrations, or 2%. Snapped a Chevrolet official: "Smoke screen. We're still the leaders, and we defy anyone to tell us differently...