Word: unhanded
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There was a scuffle, and Kelly played it for all he was worth. Cried he to one of the tusslers: "Unhand me, sir." Romney's men tried to persuade the management to toss Kelly out-or at least to transfer him to another room, preferably in the basement. But Kelly would not budge...
...uncommon tradition, Congress will unhand the money (or most of it) without strings-grateful that a sophisticated outfit knows how to spend...
...United States Day. What's more, cried terrible-tempered Governor Lee, he will salt away every penny he owes in federal income tax on what ever sum he makes over his governor's salary-until if and when the U.S. Supreme Court orders him to unhand it. Raged J. Bracken Lee: "It is unconstitutional for this nation to tax its citizens for the support of foreign nations...
...Barkeley, Tex. saw a clinch interrupted in the movie Forest Rangers, they yelled "As you were!" Hedy Lamarr's sinuous maneuvers against Richard Carlson in White Cargo brought forth wolf howls in low register. When Charles Boyer laid hands on Rita Hayworth in Tales of Manhattan, only to unhand her and start over again, one impatient soldier yelled, "For crying out loud! Stop wasting our time!" The U.S. fighting forces take active pleasure in the motion picture...
...roaring Texas melodrama full of spies, plots, trap doors, enemy agents, hairbreadth escapes, made thunderous by howls of pain from the injured, cries of outrage from the accused-a breathless drama of pure Americanism versus nobody quite knew what, packed with sordid procedures, damnable outrages, cries of "Unhand-me-Martin-Dies!" from radicals, and "Let that poor girl go!" from liberals-and all galloping over the cliff at the end of each installment. The Smith Committee hearings were drawing-room comedy...