Word: spats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over their tanks, smashing ports and prying open the turrets. "I'm going to fire," a young tank captain shouted to his commanding officer. "I can no longer be responsible for the safety of my men." The commander at last relented. "Allez-y," he cried. The automatic rifles spat. The mob turned and ran, leaving six dead behind them...
...Conclude ... In Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Emma Conway complained to police that her husband, after a spat, had: 1) mixed alcohol with her cosmetics, 2) smeared sulfa cream on her clothing, 3) cut the straps off her shoes, 4) dumped a hot roast with gravy all over the kitchen, 5) broken the bedroom mirror and two flower vases, 6) slashed her brassieres to shreds...
Shortly starred in Ned Buntline's Wild West show, Bill Cody became a promoter's dream. Unlike his roughhewn pal, "Wild Bill" Hickock, Cody never "spat the liquid on the stage" in whisky-drinking acts, never barked, "Any damn fool would know that was cold tea." He usually muffed, but never scorned such lines as: "Fear not, fair maid; by heavens, you are safe at last with Buffalo Bill, who is ever ready to risk, life and die if need be in the defense of weak and helpless womanhood." Then he stood blushing on the stage, "handsome...
...posts, but Manny Shinwell was still mounted on the ramparts, hurling mud. "Representatives of the so-called gentlemanly party, who have lambasted members on this side . . . are now squealing because they are getting some of it back," he gloated. "It is impossible to insult some of them. If someone spat in their faces, they would think it was rain...
...their families, too!" screamed the listening mob. When it surged forward, the judge shouted: "No! No! Don't beat them yet." Two of the nuns were sentenced to five years' imprisonment; the others were ordered expelled from China. Then the five were paraded, to be mocked and spat upon, through the streets of Sun Yat-sen's city...