Word: slambang
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Archibald MacLeish's anguished reappraisal of God's way with man, in a slambang staging by Elia Kazan...
...introducing as its summer uniform) had staged a remarkable public-relations session in Puerto Rico. Among those on hand was Brigadier General Robert Lee (God Is My Co-Pilot) Scott, fired with zeal in his new job as information director for the Air Force. Scott had prepared a slambang, let-out-all-stops press campaign, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Strategic Air Command and aimed at proving to the U.S. public once and for all that, with its "spectacular mobility" and its "complete arsenal of destructive weapons," the U.S. Air Force "outmodes the most modern surface forces...
...slambang afternoon, including a few gashed faces, a lot of body bruises and an occasional bloody shin. Blond Ron Beagle, who offsets his clumsiness with the crosse by his ferocious shoulder blocks, rattled ribs all over the field. It was just this sort of overaggressive play that meant the end of Navy's record of 19 straight victories. With the score tied 8-8 in the final quarter, Beagle and a teammate wound up in the penalty box. Maryland's Charlie Wicker, best player on the field, promptly set up the play that scored the winning goal...
...appraisal: McCarthy is "a major liability to the cause of anti-Communism." By making it harder for real Communist-fighters to operate effectively, wrote Woltman, McCarthy has actually become an asset to Communism. "He has introduced a slambang, rabble-rousing, hit-and-run technique into the serious business of exposing the Communist conspiracy . . . and thereby disarranged...
Their applause was tremendous and well-deserved; no lace pants, just slambang tennis, and there will be more of the same at 8:15 tonight...