Word: spit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minute he entered a crowded courtroom in Los Angeles' federal building, Mickey was the star of the show. Wearing a natty brown suit, brown tie and deep black scowl, he faced a whole battery of newsmen, photographers, movie cameras and tape recorders. Said Mickey proudly: "I could spit on the sidewalk and it would make headlines." For five hours, without notes and without much help from his two lawyers, he answered questions put by committee lawyers and three Senators. Whenever they put him on the spot, Mickey would hoist his bushy eyebrows, look injured and answer...
...robust Iowans will take over the door spit structure at the corner of Bow and Mr. Auburn Streets in a public ceremony at 1:15 p.m. tomorrow...
...eyed ex-Field Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, 68, stepped out of Rome's Montecelios Military Hospital into a hail of newspaper invective. From his villa east of Rome, the white-maned old "Lion of Neghelli" retorted to a columnist who had attacked him in the daily Il Paese. "I spit on your face a thousand times," he wrote. "You are a disgusting coward and I am sure you are very dirty...
...carefully planted by the Americans which lit up the enemy soldiers and made them perfect targets. Lummis' guns would tear into them. Then, when the tanks themselves got close enough, Lummis' bazookamen-who had orders to hold fire until the enemy was nearly upon them -began to spit death & destruction...
...Formosa Hold? In the six months that it took for the U.S. to make up its mind, the Reds had built up a sizable invasion fleet. The Red dragon began to spit fire; Communist leaders made belligerent statements about how.they would liberate Formosa and crush Chiang. Would Formosa be the dragon's next bite...