Word: whip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Congress would fall for no hifalutin notions about air power and that in the end the whole unpleasantness would blow over. Tardily the Navy tried to stiffen its defense, called in two of its younger top-drawer air admirals (both aged 49) to quarterback its plays. One was lean, whip-smart Rear Admiral Arthur Radford, father of the Navy's wartime air training program and commander of a carrier task group in the Pacific War. The other was quiet, studious Rear Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, "brain" of Admiral Nimitz' Pacific Fleet staff. In Navy circles they were considered...
...notices about his team-and they are a steady diet again this year-give it the growls. No advocate of die-for-the-old-school pep talks, Blaik has only one antidote for incipient overconfidence: he preaches cold facts, chalks out in black & white how an inferior team can whip a mightier one that makes a few mistakes...
...Hickory got so mad he roared: "My name is Andrew Jackson, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with snapping turtle. I can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of lightning, slip without a scratch down the honey locust, whip my weight in wildcats, hug a bear too close for comfort and eat anybody opposed to the COMMON MAN! Come on, boys, let's get Nicholas Biddle...
...asked to give away plenty of poundage to her male competitors in Hollywood Park's $25,000 Will Rogers Handicap. She shouldered her 123 lbs. like a workwoman, got away fifth from her No. 1 post position, scarcely needed the gentle reminders from Johnny Longden's whip, drove hard for her 14th victory in 18 starts-but failed by a neck to make...
...tier starting position, came from behind a scrambled crush of onrushing sulkies to get clear, then settled down to coast home. But it was not quite that simple. Approaching the wire, Driver Pownall looked back to see Axomite come thudding alongside. With a few deft, desperate flicks of his whip, Pownall shifted Titan into high and crossed the line half a length in front. Said Pownall later: "It was the first time I ever hit Titan. I hated to do it, but I had to. He's used to finishing two or three lengths ahead...