Word: lashing
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Right back in the groove after getting out of the Army, 132-lb. Ben Hogan, the man with the delayed wrist-lash, still could belt a golf ball out of sight. On the fairways, he never made a careless shot. His ability to concentrate was hard to believe. Once again he was a man to beat on the pro circuit...
...Japanese openly wince under the lash of the 6-293. Cried Radio Tokyo: "The enemy seems bent on using them to destroy utterly the Yamato race in a manner far greater in fury than any bombings our Axis partners in Europe experienced...
...technique had caught the Japs by surprise in the first all-incendiary assault on Tokyo, and LeMay wanted to give them no time to recover. It was near-miraculous that two-thirds of the Tokyo raiders were serviced and in shape to lash at Nagoya within 48 hours; as a rule, half the heavy bombers used on a strike are ready to fly again four days later. It was downright miraculous that a high proportion of the Superfortresses used in the first two strikes were ready for use again at Osaka, again at Kobe, and in a repeat raid...
Light in the Darkness. There Nimitz found, in his own concise summation, "too many people and too much pessimism." His attitude toward his luckless predecessor, Kimmel, was that of a professional who sees a brother officer under the lash of defeat: "There, but for the grace...
...making of history without any direct responsibility. The most legitimate criticism of his position comes from those who are dismayed over the immense influence he wields without being answerable to the people. Thus, while Hopkins' friends howl that he is the mere whipping boy for those who want to lash the President, his acts are, in effect, the President's; Franklin Roosevelt must accept responsibility for them...