Word: whip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shortness of time was on the side of the House wreckers, and they set to work with a will. By their silence; Speaker Joe Martin and Majority Leader Charley Halleck did much to encourage them, little to whip them into line...
...remarkable thing about walkers is their deceptively fast speed-8 m.p.h.-about twice as fast as the average person's brisk walk, and two-thirds as fast as the best men run a mile. The trick is to whip up a hot pace while keeping the toe of one foot on the ground until the other heel hits (both feet cannot be off the ground simultaneously...
...Raleigh County (W.Va.) board of education upheld the right of a school principal to whip pupils who came to class smelling of ramp (wild onion...
...closest competitor today, thin-faced Ted Atkinson, 31, is known as The Slasher because of the way he flails the whip. Arcaro's only other serious rival is the West Coast's favorite Johnny Longden, who is 38. They all have slightly different styles. Longden, for example, is famed as a "whoop-te-do" rider: a jockey who likes to get out front and stay there. Atkinson rides with his stirrups even; Arcaro uses what is called the "ace deuce" technique, in which the right stirrup is about two inches higher than the left. Says Arcaro: "I don't agree...
...another rider rammed him right after the start of the Cowdin Stakes at Aqueduct. Arcaro saw red. He wheeled his horse out, cracked him with the whip and went after the offender. "I must have done that next eighth in 10 flat," he says. He caught up with the other jockey, Vincent Nodarse, and al most put him over the fence. The stewards called Arcaro up to the stand, asked him if he had done it on purpose, and expected the usual denial. Instead Arcaro blurted: "I'd of killed the son of a bitch if I could...