Word: whip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the squad returns, a lot of "Its" will still remain. If the weather keeps warm, and if everyone stays unhurt, and if the four first-stringers who did not go south work into shape soon, Barnaby hopes his "good" team will be good enough by May 22 to whip Yale...
When an Army paratrooper steps out into space, he knows that the sudden blossoming of his parachute will rattle his bones, strain his joints, and for a breathless moment, make him feel like the popper on a bull whip. At worst, an opening shock snaps a paratrooper so violently that he blacks out, sometimes even causes heavy objects such as hand grenades to burst right through the pockets of his sturdy jump suit...
Though this plot idea leads conveniently to some amusing complications, it is a lot to ask an audience to swallow, even with Actress Ritter to make it palatable. Bravely insouciant, cracking wise until she finally cracks the whip, she dotes too much on her son to expose his shame, goes about instead captivating his bride and his boss (Larry Keating) and foiling the mean schemes of the boss's playboy son (James Lorimer). At times, the story pushes her role uncomfortably close to Stella Dallas; even then, she indicates that, properly used, she has a talent for pathos...
...immediate cause of the insurgency was Whitman's evening menu, which scheduled chili con carne and prune whip. Most of Whitman's residents, remembering their luncheon of "puppies delight" (a form of hash), decided to eat else-where...
Eight girls remained behind at Whitman. They didn't eat chile con carne and prune whip after all, but got dry cereal...