Word: goliath
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...short by his father's death and his own pneumonia, Peurifoy started his career in Washington's bureaucracy in a $90-a-month job running an elevator in the Senate office building. When he returned to Capitol Hill last month to play State's David against Goliath Joe McCarthy, many a Senator privately admired the way he had slung back McCarthy's rocks as fast as they came (although State would never forgive him for indiscreetly volunteering that 91 of its employees had been fired for homosexuality...
...championship last year, actually beat them (55-46) in the second of three games (the Oilers had won the first, 38-29). The fans, who could scarcely believe their eyes, carried the local heroes away on their shoulders and the Buenos Aires Critica proclaimed that it was "David and Goliath all over again." Even though the Oilers won the finale, 71-52, Argentine sponsors felt so good about the whole thing that they were dickering with the Oakland (Calif.) Bittners, the A.A.U. champs, to come down next...
...like David trying to beat Goliath without a sling and stone. The varsity lacrosse team had plenty of spirit in its game with Williams yesterday; it played hard enough to make the final score close, but something was missing. Williams...
...Florentine Verrocchio is best known for his enormous and powerful equestrian statue of the hawk-faced Renaissance condottiere, Bartolommeo Colleoni, in Venice, and his elegant bronze figure of David astride Goliath's head; also for the fact that he was Leonardo da Vinci's first teacher and was said to have turned from painting to sculpture when his precocious pupil surpassed...
This week, big NBC had the look of a dazed Goliath beset by a nimble David. After a back & forth battle that raged for weeks in the secret conference rooms of Manhattan and Hollywood, CBS had successfully made away with the comedy show that has been an NBC mainstay for more than 16 years: Jack Benny...