Word: walloper
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...week later the friend's wife announces that she is pregnant, the hero is the fa ther, and they had better "bring it off" damn quick. An amateurish abortion at tempt fails. The husband twigs. His broth er and another big swaddie catch Arthur in the dark and wallop the living tabs off him. But a week later the young dog is out of bed again and rolling all over the parlor floor with that pretty little tuffey-apple he met in the bar. Will he marry her? Maybe. Will he stop fighting? "Ever see where not fighting gets...
...move against the Murchisons was another round in the fight for control of I.D.S. (TIME, Jan. 4), may well be the opening wallop in a new battle for control of Alleghany Corp. Both struggles grew out of the proxy fight of Alleghany Corp., then controlled by the late Robert R. Young and Allan Kirby, for control of the New York Central Railroad. An Alleghany financial adviser in the fight was Randolph Phillips, 49, who subsequently fell out with Young and Kirby and the Murchisons, who had helped Alleghany win the Central. Later, Alleghany sold the Murchisons its controlling stock...
...self-propelled 8-in. gun, weighing only 27 tons, but packing a mighty nuclear wallop...
...Lundy, 37. Working in laminated wood and reinforced concrete, Lundy has designed churches, schools, homes, motels and shops that seem to make a whole building out of the roof. The results are structures that have an evocative beauty, come at bargain prices, and pack a strong emotional wallop (see color pages...
...himself in the background during his first few months at State, listened much and talked little. After the often grating brusqueness of Herbert Hoover Jr., his predecessor as Under Secretary, Herter's unflagging courtesy and willingness to listen boosted departmental morale. But his occasional exasperated "goddams" packed a wallop. Gradually, State Department hands came to see that behind Herter's gentleness was a strong and tenacious mind. "I learned one thing," reported an Assistant Secretary after emerging from Herter's office. "You've got to know every last detail when you talk to this...