Word: sweated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matter of fact, pro wrestling ain't even a sport. It has not come close since the mid '30s, when the public began to tire of watching such "shooters" (honest wrestlers) as Jim Londos the Golden Greek and Ed ("Strangler") Lewis sweat through stolid hours of dull, defensive wrestling. Then, as the gate receipts began to fall off, the beef trust made a discovery: wrestling fans are suckers for fancy holds with fanciful names. Any one of the new maneuvers could have wrecked a man for life; yet everyone kept his health. It was obvious to the simplest...
There was no magic revenue or cost breakthrough in the Eisenhower Administration's prospective balanced budget as Ike outlined it last week to Republican congressional leaders. It had come not by wave of the hand but by sweat of the brow. "There can be no real fiscal security in this country." said the President, "unless our fiscal policy is sound. Remember that." Items in the new budget...
...broadcast as swiftly and dramatically as possible his speech signaling a shift in Soviet agricultural policy. Acting so abruptly, in such untimely fashion just six weeks before the 21st Party Congress is due to meet, Boss Nikita gave many the idea that he was in something of a sweat...
...from ancestral tradition. Especially he dislikes the striptease with which she stops the show. "I don't like it when she start taking off like this." He tries a tentative little laugh and begins to peel off his coat. "We see show in Boston and makes Mama to sweat. In Boston, more strip and very small pants. I'm little scared as I think accidentally come off her pants." Says Pat reassuringly: "We ill wear double pants...
...gaolers as execution nears. But, in Behan's play, as atmospheric pressure mounts, the need for outlets intensifies. Voices are raised, and fists; a half-brutal, half-compulsive humor dominates; the hangman gets drunk; officials get edgy; one warder carries out his job, but in a cold sweat of horror and guilt...