Word: rhubarb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Running Rhubarb. Eliminated from most of the last-week surge of frenzy, the U.S. team relaxed and watched the Olympian orgy of "international good will" degenerate into a running international rhubarb. Having stored it up through most of the two weeks of sportsmanlike intimacy, competitors and fans alike began to let loose some of the bad temper induced by the Soviet repression of Hungary. The Russians' popularity seemed to diminish as rapidly as their score rose. They were booed so lustily when they took their turn on the fencing mats that police had to escort them through the threatening...
...wrath of the powerful Kansas City Star; his purge of old friends in the State Civil Service Board brought suspicious frowns; his meddling and muddling in legislative affairs ("I am the governor") stirred deep resentment. When Hall called recalcitrant legislators "s.o.b.s" to their faces during a bitter legislative rhubarb early this year, the insulted lawmakers formed an "S.O.B. Club" to campaign against him. Kansas did a belly laugh, and thin-skinned Fred Hall was the victim...
...Rhubarb sprouted again over the umpire's decision in the 1955 World Series opener when Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson was called safe on a steal of home. Infielder Frank Kellert, who was at bat for the Dodgers at the time and in the best position to see the play, belatedly declared that Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra had tagged Robinson out. Kellert's delayed announcement was made after the Dodgers traded him to the Chicago Cubs...
...prolonged 4-4 tie during a night game at Cincinnati, Redlegs Manager Birdie Tebbetts bawled that the Cards were stalling unconscionably. Cardinal Pilot Harry Walker roared a reply, and in no time at all Tebbetts and Walker grappled in the dust, triggered the season's most spirited rhubarb. While Cincinnati's monolithic (6 ft 2 in., 225 Ibs.) Ted Kluszewski laughingly held struggling Cardinal Solly Hemus in a bear hug on the sideline, some 15 brawls burgeoned all around the infield...
...will ultimately give the Great Webfoot State one of the most eminent teams ever to appear on the U.S. Senate floor. They have the ability, if they'll just keep their "fiercely" independent heads in the same groove; but if ever they meet in a head-on rhubarb, the walls of the Senate will cave...