Word: tug-of-war
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...steer the blatant American Weekly toward the world's biggest circulation with such stories as NAILED HER FATHER'S HEAD TO THE FRONT DOOR. From then on W.R.'s Journal outplayed the World at its own scare-head-hunting game. It was the Hearst-Pulitzer tug-of-war over Richard Outcault's forlorn Yellow Kid that brought on the day of the colored comic strip, and gave "yellow journalism" its name...
...Whisker. In Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, a team of Sikhs, whose religion requires them to wear full beards, won a tug-of-war contest, solemnly accepted the prize: individual bowls of shaving soap...
...year to $240,000. Then Straight asked that a group of lower-bracket employees (19, said Johnson) be lopped off. Johnson countered: Why not get rid of some of the more expensive help? The list came down to half a dozen, but Johnson found himself caught in a tug-of-war between Straight and the American Newspaper Guild. Last week, when the six employees left, Edd Johnson walked out too. And faithful Bruce Bliven, who had stepped aside when Wallace came in, was now back running editorial matters...
...they streaked for the door just as the bandits ran through it. A tug-of-war ensued between the bandits outside and Harper and Thalhofer but finally, the looters abandoned the fight and the students pushed through into the back lot in pursuit...
Like others caught in the middle, Lyuh did a lot of shilly-shallying. His enemies called him "The Silver Ax"-he looked fine, but he would not cut. He thought Korea could be unified without violence, "unless we let the extreme rights and lefts play tug-of-war...