Word: fisting
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...those fists was symbolic of the angry old leaders who were drawing up resolutions in Tampa. The other was symbolic of a different kind of fist-shaking undertaken by the C. I. O. leaders in Washington. There John L. Lewis had around him some of the shrewdest of Labor's brains. Among them is Sidney Hillman, head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Among them also is David Dubinsky, whose enthusiasm for the C. I. O. fist is dampened somewhat by the fact that it is popularly identified more with the arm of Lewis than that of Dubinsky...
With his speech, the boos began again, creating a deep, ominous undertone in every burst of cheers. Nominee Landon fought back with loud voice and waving fist, hammering on nearly all his familiar themes the Constitution, the Supreme Court, the American Way, Spending, Regimentation, Relief Corruption, Taxation...
...tries to grasp the Rhine gold, reaching up from sea-green water, while maidens resist his efforts. The graphic imagination of a member of the press quickly recognized this easy symbol as some one drowning at the sinking of the "Lusitania". At the right of the door an armored fist thrust through the Ring and holding a sword shows the threat of destruction by those who control the power of the Ring. No one has so far come forward with the Nazi parallel for this symbol...
...head would shrink to the size of my fist," whispered one. "Horns would appear on her head, and she would walk on all fours like an animal...
When a newshawk asked whether Father Coughlin would get a "second rebuke" like the recent editorial in the semi-official Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano (TIME, Sept. 14), Bishop Gallagher angrily pounded his old fist on his desk, snorted: "The Osservatore Romano has no authority over me. As for all these reports from Vatican City, the officials there told me 'we never give out interviews.' There never was a rebuke from the Vatican to Father Coughlin...