Word: saps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were holding a hashish lollipop, and he sighs: "Now I know how the angels feel!" Down on the ground his instructor (James Whitmore) breathes a blessing: "Show 'em up, tiger! You own the sky." All of this naturally makes Airman McConnell seem a bit of a sap as well as a lot of a hero, and strongly suggests that the Air Force itself is just a shining-faced troop of hi-octane Boy Scouts on an overnight hike to Cloud 8. In fairness to the producers, it has to be said that they meant better than they made; nevertheless...
...each heel end a dirty sap breaks...
When he concluded that the sap rises in trees because the spring wind causes a pumping action in the branches, a staffer, missing the chance for an argument-provoking essay in pseudo science, made the mistake of writing a Trib story setting out the scientific facts. The Colonel noted: "Our sap expert missed a trick...
...spring of each year preceding a presidential election the political sap rises, and speculation about candidates is borne on every breeze. This spring the game is somewhat one-sided; Republican brows are unfurrowed, their nails unbitten. Although Dwight Eisenhower has said no definite word, his party leaders are convinced that he will be a candidate and Richard Nixon will be his running mate. The thought of an Eisenhower candidacy is most comforting to Republicans, who note that in a last week's Gallup poll a whopping 71% of sampled voters generally approve the way the President is handling...
...Verbum Sap. In San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, after he had caused Masima Siena, 23, to faint by saying "no" when asked if he took her to be his lawful wedded wife, Bridegroom Urbano Biase, 29, explained that it was only a warning to keep Masima in line, returned to the church and went through with the ceremony...