Word: whip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another fine Crimson coach with a more frustrating assignment is Hal Ulen, who for years has paddled about the pool in the Blockhouse (Indoor Athletic Building) attempting to whip a small group of outstanding swimmers into shape and spirit to furnish fairly decent competition for Bob Kiphuth's inhuman Yale machines...
...boasted he had cast 5,000 straight votes for the Wafd). The party made numerous campaign promises of social reform, has carried out virtually none of them; the one way in which it hopes to keep its popularity and make the people forget about their discontent is to whip up anti-British feeling...
...biggest news in Freeport's strike was the fact that it will soon put the U.S., supplier of 50% of the world's sulphur, in a position to whip one of the world's most critical shortages. Sulphur, vital to the production of everything from explosives and steel to newsprint and rayon, is as essential to industry as salt is to food. While the U.S. is now producing 6,000,000 tons a year, the world demand is now running 1,000,000 tons a year ahead of the total world supply of 11,700,000 tons...
From there to jingo journalism was an easy step. To whip up U.S. sentiment against Spain, Hearst sent Reporter Richard Harding Davis and Artist Frederick Remington to Cuba to "document" Spanish atrocities. When the artist complained that there were no signs of strife and asked leave to return home, W.R. sent him a supremely cynical cable: PLEASE REMAIN. YOU FURNISH THE PICTURES AND I'LL FURNISH...
...hitting a dismal .265 (sixth place), Lopez was getting above-standard performances from Pitchers Mike Garcia (16-7), Bob Lemon (13-9) and Early Wynn (12-11), as well as from lefthanded Reliefer Lou Brissie (59 hits in 74 innings). But the man who was really cracking the whip in the Cleveland pennant drive was Righthander Bob Feller. The onetime boy wonder, who has never had a losing season since he came to the majors, was having his best ever. His 19 victories (four defeats) leads both leagues in his 13th year in the majors, puts him well...