Word: bulled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...adversaries in the church, Perón explained, resembled a bullfighter goading a bull to attack the red cape-that is, the church itself. "We would make a big mistake to behave like a bull," said Perón. "We shall not charge against the cape, but against the bullfighter . . . and we know...
This year Kansas City replaced its last gas street lamps with electric lights. For beauty as well as to advertise its cattle industry, it acquired a monumental bull, perched atop a 90-ft tower and equipped with neon innards. Last week came the biggest innovations for the first time since 1886,* Kansas City had a major-league ball club. The news came after three months of nerve-racking suspense for Kansas Citians: the Philadelphia A's westward move was considerably slower than a walk to the privy in the rain...
...inevitable alarm clock in the morning, two or three classes to attend, and then the rest of the day and evening to deal with. For most, this means study, study, and more study. Dormitory life has tended to break the monotony to some degree by affording numerous opportunities for bull sessions and the like. But this underlying theme is still generally the same. This type of life has its virtues, but there can be too much of a good thing...
...heavy buying had sent the Dow-Jones industrial average up 7.54 points to 361.50, biggest one-day rise since the war market of Sept. 5, 1939. Next day the industrial average pushed ahead another 5.45 points and closed at 366.95, a new bull-market peak. The utility average, which had been sliding almost steadily for a month, spurted 1.16 to 58.94; the rails jumped 1.72 to 121.65, a new closing high for the year...
After her sensational Ciudad Juárez debut in 1952, Pat joined the bullfighters' union as a matador de novillos (apprentice fighter of bulls five years old or less), and became the union's first woman member since the memorable Peruvian Conchita Cintron, who quit the bull ring for matrimony in 1950. In the next two years, she killed 80 bulls in Mexico's smaller rings. As soon as her technique matched her courage, said her trainer, she could move on to fight in the big ring of Mexico City. But those goals seem further away...