Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kenneth D. McKellar, Democrat from Tennessee, 81, relentless in his prejudices, vicious in his vendettas. Under the congressional rules which promote men by seniority instead of ability, Spoilsman McKellar wields immense power. As chairman of the Senate's money-spending machinery, he browbeats and bullies Senators who need his approval for their pet projects. He badgered David Lilienthal because Lilienthal refused to load TVA with McKellar patronage, yelped that ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman ought to resign for the good of the country. A Senator longer than any of his colleagues (33 years), Kenneth McKellar, hell-raiser in committee...
...recorded Harry Wismer sportscast on station KECA were startled when a fierce masculine voice suddenly broke in: "I interrupt this program to bring you a special message. I am the recording engineer making this transcription and I am using this means as a last resort to expose a vicious KECA racket...
Mixing jolting lefts with short, vicious rights, Isenberg was in command at all times, flooring Rocca twice, once for the count of five, before the officials halted the bout...
...tying goal came at 14:42 when a vicious shot by Ern Montgomery beat Chase. Bryan's tie-breaker came less than two minutes later...
...Then a vicious right put Roach down for a count of nine. Even Manhattan's bloodthirsty boxing fans seemed to sense what was about to happen and began yelling: "Stop it! Stop it!" Referee Frank Fullam did stop it-after another punch had sent Roach sprawling to the deck. By then it was too late...