Word: gate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sternness and a pride that bristled when his employees heeded outside labor organizers. When Kohler workers who had joined an A.F.L. union struck for recognition in 1934, Kohler hired 400 guards, set out to break the strike. On July 27, 1934, guards fired into a crowd outside the main gate, killing two men and wounding about 40 men, women and children. The strike failed...
...that he outshot 30 Villistas because "the Lord took hold of me" (actually he hates his father and loathes religion). Another makes it apparent that he charged an almost impregnable position alone because he thought it would look good on his record. A foolish, dull-eyed boy vaulted a gate and opened it under hailing fire because he was too stupid to imagine being shot...
...commercialism stops at the gate to the grounds surrounding the grotto and basilica. Nothing is sold inside except candles; visitors must dress as they would in church. Under the present Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, Pierre-Marie Théas, the grotto has regained much of its 'original rustic simplicity; he replaced the ornate altar with a simple stone slab, took down the iron grille that used to stretch across the front of the cave, removed all but a few of the hundreds of crutches and orthopedic braces left behind by sufferers who found relief at Lourdes...
...When I get into the gate, it's instinct mainly. I hold both reins in one hand, crossed in my palm. I twist a forefinger around a lock of the horse's mane. I never have a tight rein because the horse would rear up. He has to have a free head, but you have to have that pull on your finger. You have to sense when the gate is going to spring. When I leave the gate, sometimes I take my finger off the horse right away, sometimes not. You keep the horse loose. Then, out of the gate...
Once out of the gate, Willie drives into his familiar dash for position and then takes the shortest road home. Says Jimmy Kilroe with professional admiration: "You almost never find Willie in what they call 'the married man's position,' that is, playing it safe on the outside of the pack so he can get home healthy for dinner. As a matter of fact, I think that not enough has been made of the frame of mind of the bachelor athlete. The bachelor is without the normal, settling tendencies. The other boys, the married ones, the homebodies, so to speak...