Word: whip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...laughter greeted each stupid blunder made by the generals and the visiting congressmen, it leaves some doubt as to whether Mr. Haines has succeeded in making his point. Stupidity is laughable in chimney-sweeps and char-women, but it becomes something else when found among men with the whip in their hands...
...faculty, and remains completely independent of Columbia College It has, however, a tradition reminiscent of Columbia's Freshman--Sophomore Rush, except that at Barnard they dress it up a bit and call it the Greek Games. The Greek Games consist of chariot races--one girl pulling, another wielding the whip and other Grecoid divertisements. The Games are reputed to be an even finer spectacle than the Wellesley Hoop Race...
Beyond that, a campaign was the one way to whip up the faithful party workers, charged with bringing out the party vote. It was a way to stir up interest among the bored and doubtful, to translate votes on a poll into votes in the ballot box. Above all, it was the great chance for any politician to get out where he could see and be seen, where he could make friends and influence voters, where he could work his political pitch at the grassroots level...
...week when the telecom machines clattered almost incessantly. U.S.Russian relations had never been as taut. A hoped-for settlement of the conflict in Berlin vanished when talks between the military governors reached an impasse. Moscow, extending a conciliatory right hand, had signaled its agents to whip up new trouble...
...Moslems. The walls of his meeting halls blazed with such slogans as: "Make the blood of slaves boil with the force of faith!" and "Make the small sparrow fight the big hawk!" He would stalk into meetings wearing his "political uniform"-native dress with a black astrakhan cap-and whip the Moslems into a frenzy. Sometimes, in his fury, his monocle would pop out of its socket. After meetings, he would go home, change to Western clothes and be again the suave Western lawyer...