Word: fisted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Curran & Co. could make a damaging cut in the vital flow of iron ore, coal and limestone to U.S. producers who must overstock before the Lakes freeze. The 70 ships manned by members of the A.F.L.'s Seafarer's International Union sailed as usual-despite one furious fist fight with N.M.U. picketers. But more & more freighters owned by the 24 operators with whom neither the N.M.U. nor the S.I.U. have contracts were tied up in sympathy strikes by their crews as they came to port. This was precisely what Joe Curran hoped...
Canyon Passage. Ripsnorting Technicolored escape into the traditional Old West-with romance, fist fights, Indians and Hoagy Carmichael ballads (TIME...
Message in Oils. Older Artist (47) Siqueiros' paintings would have seemed "prominent" wherever they hung. Their blood-rich colors, cast-iron forms and gravel textures made them stand out as far as the smearing fist in his Self Portrait (see cut). Siqueiros' second entry was relatively calm-a green and gold description of three muscular, writhing gourds-but it was not quite so innocuous as it looked. In Spanish, calabazas (gourds) is a vulgar insult when spoken without a smile. Explained Siqueiros: the three calabazas stand for the three Government schools in charge of the competition...
Canyon Passage. Ripsnorting Technicolored escape into the Old West with romance, fist fights, Indians and Hoagy Carmichael ballads (TIME...
Canyon Passage. Ripsnorting Technicolored escape into the Old West-with romance, fist fights, Indians and Hoagy Carmichael ballads (TIME...