Word: giddyap
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...westerns go, this one doesn't. It saddles up a big-name cast, but the giddyap! gets mired in a lot of giddy yapping. The intent was to lighten carnage with comedy; the result is heavy-handed Grand Old Horse Opry...
...seven under the watchful eye of her Finnish-born father, a bear of a man (6 ft., 260 Ibs.) who works as an electrician and doubles as swimming coach for the Berkeley Y.M.C.A. Father Weikko Ruuska drills her incessantly, lumbers up and down the poolside while Sylvia performs, shouting "Giddyap, giddyap!" in a voice that some declare can be heard all the way across San Francisco Bay on clear nights. The Ruuska family practices togetherness. Each morning Mrs. Ruuska drives Sylvia to Berkeley High School on her way to the Y.M.C.A., where she is membership clerk. When overtime work keeps...
When the photographers asked for pictures of David driving Tony, the boy happily nicked the reins and yelled, "Gid-dyap." Tony refused to ripple a muscle. "Giddyap!" repeated David sharply. Tony stood still. Ike finally grasped Tony's bridle, tugged gently, and Tony began a slow, reluctant stroll. "That's good," said Ike after a few steps. "Now stop...
...Giddyap. In Washington, WPB ordered manufacturers to step up the production of horse collars...