Word: whip
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little independent manufacturer, for whose protection the Anti-Trust laws were first passed, was to become an outlaw. On the surface and in most official explanations voluntary partnerships were called for but deep down in the new law were large penal powers which gave a determined Government the whip hand over the toughest business...
...mint of money for Paramount. The Barbarian is more than a belated imitation; like some of the songs which Jamil sings it is a plaintive serenade, begging audiences not to forget an old favorite. Most inevitable shot: Myrna Loy, dreamily indignant, slicing Novarro's cheek with a camel whip...
Broker's Tip's jockey was Don Meade of California. With spur and whip, he got his horse up to Charley 0 and passed him, went for a narrow opening between Head Play and the rail. For a few moments in the last furlong of the mile and a quarter distance the crowd saw the two of them locked together at close quarters, their jockeys' boots rubbing. As they reached the finish still jammed together at the rail, in the immense uproar of a crowd that wanted the Bradley horse to win, Broker...
...Both French and British officials loudly insisted that the idea of using this loan in unified action against the dollar was furthest from their thoughts, but the Journal des Débats suddenly realized that if such action were taken, Britain, as the lender, might soon be cracking the whip over France...
Alice in Wonderland, superbly sublimates the quality of plain orneriness. He puts more sheer malice in "For God's sake!'' than most actors could express with a snake-whip. The "Centipede's Club" has tried to smuggle a letter out to the Governor. And although Robert Locket has taken the blame, the warden has ordered all to be flogged over the Iron Horse. Groaning, whimpering from their beating, the boys unreasonably accuse Locket of being a stool pigeon. Defending him, Red arranges a light between Locket and Ringleader Wells behind the blacksmith shop. A guard intervenes...