Word: whammed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, Labor Bosses Dale and Bateman, red-faced and perspiring, stood up before U.S. Federal Court Judge Fred L. Wham for sentencing. Said Judge Wham: "Dale has been disloyal to the men he represented . . . He has a faculty for instilling fear of physical violence in people. He has never failed to profit in full from use of his abilities in this line." Then Judge Wham handed down the sentences: for Dale, 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine; for Bateman a $2,000 fine and probation for five years...
Cheesecake. Among the worst offenders, said the committee, are nudist magazines supposedly "published in the interest of sunshine and health," and straight cheesecake magazines. Sample cheesecake titles: Candid Whirl, Glamorous Models, Wink, Whisper, Keyhole, Titter, Foo, Nifty, Pepper, Zip, Wham, Paris Life...
...wham!--another pinko...
...Notice how many times Coop goes to the plate and lets the first pitch go by as if it had never been thrown? That's part of his strategy. Later in the game the pitcher will throw the first one in there thinking he'll let it go and wham...
...pores over the record of the case to dig out a clue to another witness. The camera goes back with him, introducing one hoodlum after another. As each tells his own story, the movie backtracks again to picture it. Bogart finds his clue just in time for a wham-bam finish...