Word: whip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through the Courthouse. Early dealers had their problems. One Ohio dealer worriedly asked Ford if he should bet a competitor $500 that the model S Ford could beat a rival car to Columbus and back. Wrote back confident Mr. Ford: "Is it any credit for the U.S. to whip Venezuela? Take a bet like that with any car." To make a sale, a Kentucky dealer had to drive a Ford up the courthouse steps to prove that the car was as sturdy as a horse. For others who also raised this point, Ford had a brochure: "Autos do the work...
...rawboned, fiery-tempered lawyer, a Baptist, a Prohibitionist, a politician and a lover of horses. As a skinny kid, Oveta became Ike's undisguised favorite, absorbed his love of horses and politics. On summer evenings, Ike Culp liked to stand among his horses and, cracking a whip, make them gallop around him in circus-ring precision. The lesson was not lost on Oveta...
Ashore on Long Island. That night they set out to drink everything on board, including the ship's medicine. Next day, cracking the white man's whip, Cinqué put everybody to work, headed the Amistad back to Africa with Montes at the wheel. By night, while Cinqué slept and less alert men kept watch, Montes eased the schooner north, hoping to land in the U.S. These tactics brought the vessel, about a month after the mutiny, within sight of Long Island, in the main sea road to New York...
...Dancer off to a good start from an outside post position, then let others set the pace. Running outside, the Dancer was a smoothly moving fourth for most of the way. Coming into the stretch, Guerin gave him his head. There was no need to use the whip, though a furlong from the wire, Guerin waved it for a reminder. The Dancer drove home to win by two easy lengths in the fairly good time of 1:44 1/5.* Long a heavy favorite for next month's Kentucky Derby, the undefeated Dancer is scheduled to stretch his legs...
Also on Tuesday, Kirkland topped Eliot in both baseball and softball, 9 to 8, and 16 to 13. Eliot returned to whip Winthrop in tennis, 7 to 0, and Kirkland trimmed the Lowell tennis team four games to three...