Word: mares
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attempted to free nine troublemakers in solitary. Using a smuggled-in gun, and knives sneaked out of the prison shoeshop, they wounded two guards. But tear gas stopped them. Then the five were marched to the prison gymnasium, were stripped, examined by a physician and shackled over the "grey mare," a wooden gym horse. As the doctor stood by, the warden himself and guards took turns walloping the five where mother used to spank. Their lash was a leather strap 6 inches wide and 2%½ feet long...
Lawrence of Arabia described a meeting with the young prince: "Abdullah, on a white mare, came to us softly with a bevy of richly armed slaves on foot...Before long I began to suspect him of constant cheerfulness. His eyes had a confirmed twinkle...
Almost lost in the uproar over Big Cy's victory was the fact that his stablemate Bewitch collected $20,000 for finishing second, and gave Calumet Farm the double distinction of also owning the greatest money-winning mare of all time. Bewitch's lifetime earnings...
...pound, while beef is $1.14; horse tenderloins 45?, compared to $1.95-$2.15 for beef. People who used to pretend that it was for the dog now came right out and said it was going on the table. In the face of high beef prices, the old grey mare, obviously, was more than she used...
...Oscar. After the news came over the radio from Hollywood that Judy Holliday had won the best-actress award (for the dumb blonde in Born Yesterday), Gloria Swanson gave an impromptu message of her own to the nightclub audience: "Naturally, I'm disappointed. The Old Grey Mare has got to get going again, that's all. Tomorrow's another day. I'll have to start trying to get the next Oscar...