Word: whip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prune whip...
...million enlightened people can still whip 190 million backward people ... If they [the Russians] declare war now, they are really fools. They cannot win on the global picture instantly and quickly by a complete knockout. They would face a long, bitter struggle of attrition against the United States, and [the American] people-when they are united under an attack-are still the most powerful force on this earth under the Almighty himself...
Matthews South came from behind in the last ten seconds of a Yard National League playoff basketball game to whip Matthews North, 23 to 22, in the I.A.B. last night. Captain Ron Peyton scored the winning basket and led his team with six points...
Only the Yale meet is left, but here, as in every other sport, season records are forgotten and both teams expect a win. Although this year's Eli fencers have lost only once, Coach Peroy's men are confident that they can whip the Yalies...
Said a passenger afterwards: "It felt like a whip being snapped. Newspapers started flying all over the car. The next thing I remember, the car was over on its side. I saw bodies stuffed into the baggage racks." A great cloud of hissing steam, smoke, dust and soot smothered the wreckage. Inside, men and women screamed and struggled. "They were like a bunch of wild animals trying to get out of turned-over cages, clawing and punching each other to get clear," said one of the survivors shakily...