Word: smash
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...executive guillotine for every Federal appointee, high and low, who privately or publicly drinks the liquor which our Constitution has outlawed. The President uttered wholesome, worthy sentiments in his conference with the Governors. . . . The friends of national sobriety were eager and are yet eager for him to smash every bottle in official Washington...
...closed. The United States was not wanted. What could the United States do? What could any self-respecting nation have done? The United States went home. . . . We are willing to 'come in,' as the saying is, as soon as we are asked, but surely we cannot be expected to smash in the door...
...moment's glance Stralem seemed the superior player of the two. His American twist service, which he had under excellent control yesterday, was far more prepossessing than Whitbeck's overhead smash; the former's service was fast, crossed the net low, was usually good, and bounded high, while Whitbeck's low bound made it easy to handle. Yet, Whitbeck prevailed, for his return was better placed and faster than was Stralem's. The younger player, Whitbeck, continually outwitted the senior in his placing, working Stralem's backband a great deal...
...birth of Jesus, His second coming to raise the dead and other theological questions. Bishop Brown's book denies nearly every cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith. Bishop Gailor declares that "it would be as easy to crush the heretical representations of Communism and Christianism as to smash a fly with a sledge-hammer." The Right Rev. Alexander C. Garrett, the new Presiding Bishop of the House, has called a special meeting in Dallas this Fall. At this meeting the Bishop Brown issue will be thrashed...
...Your girls are dynamic, your humor stimulating, your skyscrapers magnificent, your traffic terrifying, your bathrooms overwhelming and your Broadway electrifying. When I want a trip to Hell, I simply enter the subway. I never dreamed there was a place where a man could put out people's eyes, smash them in the jaw, knock them down, kick them about and throttle them to his heart's content without anybody minding it in the least. It is a spiritual panacea, absolutely...