Word: gibe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said the Communist L'Unità soothingly of Vishinsky's gibe: "The phrase perhaps went farther than the thought...
When the Navy started to renegotiate Northern Pump last year, Hawley howled that the Government was "reneging" on its contract. At the time, he was also occupied in denying a Minneapolis gibe that his yacht was named "Navy Gravy." He had once tried to start a nationwide campaign against the renegotiation act, wired Congressmen (at a rumored cost of $100,000) and mailed handsome brochures to some 14,000 businessmen. He insisted that if he made big money out of the war it was only because he was doing a superlative job. But the Navy ordered him to turn back...
...people call her "La Maciste," after an Italian clown in the old silent movies. But they dare not laugh at her in public. Privately, they gibe at her mannish jackets, her flowing skirts, her famed temper. But her own physique, her ready pistol, and her influence with the Dictator guard La Maciste when she strides like a walking statue through the streets of Guatemala City...
...team manager. Not at all on the time-consuming standards of managing competitions for other sports, this competitions for other sports, this competition gives candidates a chance to follow the team around on its various Jaunts, while they prearrange meets, transportation and lodging beforehand. Lee Wilson will gibe further information to those interested...
Best bets against the Tech strong back and breast stroke men are butterflies Jim Hubbell and Phil Baines and back strokers H. H. Hartwell, Dave Smith, Whitney Tower, and Gibe King. Hartwell is a practised swimmer from Worcester and King is a former member of the Freshman football team...