Word: slapping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boutonniere and his physical handicaps with a winning courage, the temporary Premier overlooked no opportunity to nail down his job. In the tradition of prewar Premiers, he hurried to the great Ise shrines to notify the Shinto gods of his election-a gesture of nationalism and a studied slap at foreigners who had tried to reduce the chauvinistic role of Shintoism. He distributed promises-cheaper fertilizer, lower taxes, more jobs. But most of all he appealed to Japan's reawakened pride as a nation, able once-more to stand on its own, free to make foreign friends and commitments...
...Wolverines first line scored again at 17:05 when a barrage of players screened Flynn from a high, bouncing slap shot. The sharp Michigan sextet, playing with only ten men during the first two periods, added a third tally at 3:21 of the second period before the varsity could net its first goal...
...slap shot by Mahoney at 1:29 in the final stanza brought the varsity within one goal of Michigan's elusive lead, but one minute later Captain McFarland was off again, and the Wolverines all but extinguished the Crimson's hopes for its first national title with two quick goals...
...reached a nadir when American communists came to Moscow for the Seventh Congress of the Communist International in August, 1935--a patent violation of the agreement of recognition signed less than two years earlier. Ambassador Bullitt was crushed by what he considered a personal defeat as well as a slap in the face to his country. Though he advocated significant reductions in the staff of the Moscow embassy, he once again emphasized the importance of close relations with the Russian military leaders. Advising against withdrawing the U.S. military officers, Bullitt cabled the State Department that "as the Red Army representatives...
Second Maid. The world of Sir Henry was made by Novelist Robert (Portrait of Jennie) Nathan. It is located at the intersection where whimsy and satire collide. It is a slap-happy world, in a well-bred way, where the fish are philosophical. "There are creatures beyond us; for I have seen their shadows," says a trout to a nonbelieving chum, who thinks all there is beyond is an absence of water. "Do they lay eggs?" asks the chum. "They are altogether spiritual." says the trout. As for the dogs, they are even better than the fish. They are romantic...