Word: crush
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sport pages. The men who write the sport headlines hate to use a quiet word when a violent one will do. One day last week the Denver Post, refusing to admit defeat in its football headlines, found 32 ways of avoiding it: Blast, batters, murder, pastes, whip, crush, wreck, jolt, outscraps, spanks, rolls over, romps over, upsets, rout, toy, dump, bows to, tumbles, drops, trip, tops, sinks, buries, belts, wallops, wins, blanks, licks, trounces, subdues, turns back, edges...
Cloveland's batting Indians loosed a searing home run barrage behind fivehit pitching by Lefty Gene Bearden to crush the Boston Red Sex, 8 to 3, yesterday in a "sudden death" play off for the American League pennant...
Died. Hamar Greenwood, first Viscount Greenwood of Holbourne, 78, Canadian-born British industrialist, last Chief Secretary for Ireland (1920-22): in London. A tough fighter against Irish independence, Lord Greenwood employed the Black & Tans in an attempt to crush the rebellious Sinn Feiners, for years after his retirement lived in fear of assassination...
...Israeli political position is a highly delicate one. They may resist Abdullah-but must be sure not to crush him. They may beg the U.S. for help-but must be sure that help does not hopelessly alienate the Arabs. They may snarl at the British, but must remember that the British want essentially what Israel has to have-stability in the Middle East...
...always wanted to meet you," said the young gallant's mother. "My father, who was Barney Baruch's younger brother, was madly in love with you when you were on the stage." Piped young Talbot: "That's nothing. My grandfather had a crush on you, too." Replied Betty: "I remember him well. He and I were having a beer at Delmonico's the night Lincoln was shot...