Word: whip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Whip in Hand. In the '20s, the Communists fought for control of the union. The employers hired "Legs" Diamond and his gang, the Communists replied by signing on the Little Augie mob. These racketeers and their successors plagued the industry for years. In 1927, after a disastrous strike called by the Communists, the International was left with only 32,000 members and $1,500,000 in debts. Dubinsky had become head of his local, and his was the only one solvent...
...order a D.P. bill out of the Judiciary Committee. If successful, it would be the first time a bill had been pried out of a Senate committee since 1932. It would also be the first real setback McCarran and McKellar had met since they set out to crack the whip over the Senate...
Ridge Wood and Courier broke well from the starting tapes but immediately slowed to a walk as both jockeys tried to follow their instructions. A starter's assistant cracked his whip but could not even raise a canter. It took Ridge Wood and Courier 1 min. 24 sec. to stroll the first furlong (in that time a really good horse, doing his best, can run seven furlongs...
Knees & Yeast. What all the most promising new cinemactors have in common is acting ability. "What these new girl starlets have in common," cracked one Hollywood whip last week, "is that they all bend their legs at the knee as they walk." Few of Hollywood's young actresses seem to have the yeast it takes to rise into the big dough. That yeast, says MGM's Casting Director Billy Grady, is a compound of "beauty and bitchiness." A pinch of acting ability can help...
...steam-bath heat of the Lexington, Ky. federal courtroom last week, fat, whip-brained Edward Fretwell Prichard Jr. sat with his eyes closed and his hands clutching the arms of his chair. A distinguished witness, perhaps the most respected man in Bourbon County, was addressing the court...