Word: whip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jock, a bubbling personality who often sings while riding to the post, is a quiet artist at the reins. Along with a "good-looking seat"-he rides in a tight crouch with his back parallel to the horse's body-Cordero has one of the most effective whip techniques in the business. By switching his whip from hand to hand in heavy traffic without missing a beat, he can often shift a horse into overdrive...
...prevented Allen from blocking preliminary votes on the rules change and permitted Senate sentiment for modification to be registered. Clearly worried about public reaction to a tediously quarrelsome Congress as President Ford demands movement on economic and energy programs, Democratic Leaders Mike Mansfield and Robert Byrd joined Republican Whip Robert Griffin in seeking a middle ground...
Everytime I hear the crack of the whip My blood run cold I do remember on a slave ship How they brutalized my very soul...
Cashin had beaten Russell a few weeks before in their dual match at Princeton. Said Cashin, "I knew I could whip the guy, I had his number. I think Russell was convinced he would lose before he even went into the-thing...
Aviad Yafeh is an optimist. As party whip for Mapai, the foundation of the Rabin government, it is his duty to urge agreement on party issues. In the argumentative Knesset, this task requires an infinite reservoir of hope...