Word: whip
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Cassius Clay? Not this time. California's Governor Pat Brown, 60, was sicking his doggerel on New York's Nelson Rockefeller, 57, betting him "one box of assorted fresh California fruit" that the San Diego Chargers would whip the Bills for the American Football League championship. Nelson, stout feller, staked a crate of New York State apples on it, and after some musing wrote Brown...
...makes one chilling visit to the South (Strange Fruit-"black bodies swinging from the trees") but mostly moans and shouts with gospel fervor about love and loneliness (End of the Line, Ain't No Use). Be My Husband is sung to the accompaniment of a loudly cracking whip...
...addition to Hogan, Alfred has begun work on The Curse of an Aching Heart, which he describes as "pure farce, something I can whip up left-handed...
Died. Major General Paul Ramsey Hawley, 74, sharpshooting medical administrator, an Indiana surgeon who proved his organizational skill during World War II as head of U.S. medical operations in Europe, went on to whip the chaotic Veterans Administration medical service into shape and then become head of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield health-insurance plans, all the while waging a running battle against unethical practice, including fee splitting, unnecessary surgery and exorbitant prices; of cancer; in Washington...
That could be difficult. Long has staunch supporters in the Senate, an admirer in Lyndon Johnson, and the family stomach for infighting-as he showed last January when he defeated Rhode Island's John Pastore and Oklahoma's Mike Monroney for the whip's job. This time around, Pastore, at least, has declared himself out of the running. Said he: "I see no reason why Long should not continue as whip along with his other committee assignments. So far as the whip's office is concerned, I was lukewarm to it last year, and today...