Word: whiplashes
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Chep Morrison, who had felt Earl's whiplash before, battled Earl's program all over the state. And when the ballots were counted, the voters in back parishes and city alike had slapped Earl down. Every one of his key measures was defeated...
...question of sugar controls started another row among Senators already smarting under thousands of whiplash letters from U.S. housewives. Upshot: the Senate voted to end all sugar controls...
...save for some 20 septuagenarians and conservative Lady Astor, retiring from public life, most of its members were once more headed for the hustings. The retirement of U.S.-born Lady Astor was itself a historic occasion. For 25 years her whiplash tongue had flicked unsparingly at political opponents and political dullards. But most members were sorry to see her go. Cried Will Thorne, 87, another retiring M.P., as she filed out: "Goodbye, Lady Astor." She turned, blew him a kiss and waved her hand...
Action started at the southeast end of the line and moved along its length, like the stress of a whiplash. The veteran Eighth moved first, against a focus of mean terrain at Takrouna (see col. 2), then settled down to a hill-by-hill struggle. Then the First Army moved forward gradually onto hills on the edge of the plain of Tunis and then onto the plain itself (see p. 26). Later still, units of the U.S. II Corps suddenly showed up at the northern flank, after a remarkable forced march, and began an inching progress like the Eighth...
...line, there's a rangy whiplash called Buster Ramsey, also Conference champ, a guard who spends more time in opposing backfields than a lot of wingbacks. Ramsey's reputedly almost mystical sense of ball-following, his terrific charge and endurance help him sink most ball-carriers before they come near the line of scrimmage...