Word: rip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fencing against Crimson fencer David T. Schwartz '59 when the accident occured. Roy lunged and Schwartz's blade entered a rip in his sleeve, the point striking him under the arm. The match was immediately stopped for examination of the wound. The injury appeared to be minor and it seemed that Roy was suffering primarily from shock, and he was helped to walk out of the room...
...deeply demanding music, sang with power and beauty of tone that gave her audience chills. "They say it is hard," she said. "I think Bach is harder because I have to hold myself down, and that takes control. In Medea, I just open my big mouth and let it rip...
...Cadillacs nuzzled each other along the gaudy length of Collins Avenue. Women in sun-top dresses stretched beside swimming pools, contemplating headlines that happily proclaimed: ARCTIC BLASTS RIP COUNTRY. Flamboyant young New Yorkers leafed through stock-market reports...
...fire was out, having burned only some outside molding and roof beams at the southwest corner of the building. To get at the smoldering blaze, however, firemen had had to tear away walls, rip through ceilings, and shoot high-pressure water throughout the whole leaky structure. The result was extensive damage to plaster and furnishings on the upper floors and in the western half of the main dining room...
Smith realized without prompting that he was in deadly trouble. He was diving much faster than the speed of sound. He knew that if he bailed out, the hard-fingered wind might rip him to shreds. Smith killed his engine and put on his speed brakes. The hiss of the wind filled the cockpit. His sleek aircraft was losing altitude faster than it was losing speed...