Word: whip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mile-per-hour winds will whip through Cambridge until early evening on the tail of yesterday's sleet storm, the weather bureau predicted last night. The rain should end by early morning, follows by more snow and sleet...
Philbrick and the people who helped him whip up his story late book form have tried to jazz up this unkempt new of material. Regrettably they menage only to give Philbrick's work an air of musical-comedy intrigue which pretty well befogs anything serious he has to say. His woman co-Communists are all drawn in the image of Max Shulman's Yetts Samovar; they are bright, sophisticated, stringy-haired, and wear sensible flat shoes as they go about their nefarious work. His men meet conspiratorially in darkened alleys. His Communist cells are all "mystery" groups thinking up "mystery...
...U.M.T. bill may be ready for a House vote within three weeks. Representative Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committe, said yesterday he plans to whip the bill into shape by February 26 for its first test on Capitol Hill...
...foul-up at Merignac is an international affair. The wing itself, under the command of Brigadier General Allen, has hardly begun to whip itself into shape. The European Air Force command at Wiesbaden fell down on the job of getting Merignac ready for the 126th. And then there are the French...
Canny Strategy. At the Crossmyloof rink at Glasgow last week, none of the five Scottish teams scored such a shutout, but they did manage to whip the Americans in the first test match, 109-54. In the second match, the U.S. did better, only lost 94-83. The Scotsmen played a camay, conservative game, in sharp contrast to the generally slam-bang U.S. style. The Scots used blockade tactics in front of the scoring circle until the skip, comparable to cleanup batter in baseball, could send his final stone down to nudge his teammates' into the bull...