Word: hammerism
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...Communism is not love!" cried Mao Tse-tung. "Communism is a hammer we use to destroy our enemies...
After dialogue like that Mike Hammer might go off and shoot a blonde, but Baker's hero just keeps on talking...
Every plotter does his part. To hide the sound of a tunnel being chipped through the concrete floor of a bunkhouse washroom, the clink of the pick is synchronized with the banging of the hammer innocently driving a horseshoe-pitching stake outside. Wardrobes of German clothes are run up from blankets and uniforms dyed in coffee or ink; whole wallets full of identity papers are forged; money, emergency rations, maps are scrounged. The tunnel is a marvel of Swiss Family Robinson ingenuity, with electric lights, a little subway running on wooden tracks, a bellows-operated ventilation system...
...ever had anything to do with a women's organization could not escape the uncomfortable feeling that the Red ladies were acting somewhat like organization women. At week's end the mood grew beyond even predictable feminine excitement. The congress went into secret session, hoping to hammer out its differences behind closed doors. The attempt failed. When the majority agreed on an appeal for peace and against the arms race, but failed to denounce the U.S. or NATO, the Chinese delegates and their Albanian allies voted against, and remained stubbornly seated while the crowd of 5,000 jumped...
...restaurant of Manhattan's Delmonico Ho tel. Owner S. Joseph Tankoos Jr. wants to build a new restaurant, so he threw a smashing party that fairly broke up the old joint. Actress Anita Louise specialized in throwing trays of glasses; Fashion Leader Mrs. Harcourt Amory wielded a sledge hammer on a 30-ft. red velvet-lined balustrade; Mrs. Jacob Javits timidly tossed just one champagne glass while her Senator husband looked on. But Mrs. Wellington Koo, sister-in-law of Chiang Kaishek, won the wreckers' honors. She took an ax to the wall, then to a chair...