Word: fisted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...treacherous to politicians and political pundits, usually turn on a name, a face or a voice. Among the names, faces and voices that came through last week: CJ In Pittsburgh (pop. 680,000), Mayor Dave Lawrence, 68, a Democratic boss who runs the wards and precincts with a clenched fist and welcomes civic redevelopment projects with an open hand (TIME, Nov. 4), ignored feeble Republican attempts to trip him on such issues as Little Rock and a local trolley strike (typically, both strikers and management came to Dave Lawrence's defense), rolled to a fourth term by the largest...
...direction is in the old epicstyle, much like the famous fist-flinging style of Bogart himself. After Bogart shoots his buddy, he sits by the fire and wonders if he has a conscience, and the camera pans down and the flames fill the whole screen. There is a goodly quantity of classic cowboy-and-Indian manuevers and physical violence but never does it seem like plot filler. Also greatly contributing is Max Steiner's fine, taut, musical score...
...cold rain fell from early morning. Premier Janos Kadar had warned that any attempt to commemorate Hungary's brief interlude of freedom would be "smashed with an iron fist." Armed police, soldiers and goon-squad "workers' militia" patrolled street, school and factory...
...College football ran true to form for a change, but some of the best teams had a tough time saving the oddsmakers' scalps. Fired-up Colorado led all the way into the final quarter before Oklahoma managed to salvage a 4 5-game unbeaten string, 14-13. Fist fights flared, and smooth football seemed a forgotten art until Notre Dame completed a soaring 74-yd. touchdown pass to trip Pitt, 13-7. Ohio State's Rose Bowl express just managed to stay on schedule when the Buckeyes booted a third-period field goal to stop Wisconsin...
This remark brought wild applause from many in the audience, over which Sullivan, shaking his fist, cried, "The citizens of Cambridge want the same kind of service I have given them and will elect me once again!" With this he stalked from the hall, surrounded by screaming and yelling citizens, most of whom left with...