Word: whips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Most of the material for this year is new and the result is that a great deal of work will be necessary to whip the team into shape to meet the very difficult schedule which we have this year. The team is working as well as can be expected under the conditions, but this year there is the additional drawback of a rather small squad. There is still room and opportunity for new candidates and I urge more men to come...
...countenance these educational amusement enterprises which yearly came to relieve Charlotte of her stock of money. The selectmen arose finally in righteous indignation. Charlotte now has a race track and keeps the money in the town. The races are not your rustic anti-Belmont flascos either. With a whip and a blanket for reward and the town on deck to stand by the local steeds, races are keen and the time--enjoyed...
When questioned about the prospects for success in the coming debate, Chapman said: "There is a great deal of good material in the college and if we can whip it into shape, things look decidedly bright...
...Paris, L'Enfant et les Sortileges, new opera by Maurice Ravel, had its first performance at the Opera Comique. Critics were doubtful. There were strange harmonies, strange instruments?a rattle, a xylophone, a whip, a nutmeg-grater, a slide flute, a lutheal.? For the first time the Opera Comique orchestra played a fox-trot?for the dance of the Teapot and the Chinese Teacup...
...kills his horse driving back to Preobrashensk, and arrives with wolves harnessed to his sled. He meets a rebellious regiment and touches with his whip handle the men to be hanged by their com rades. Before the Cathedral of Saint Basil blood flows from his manifold executions. Other rebels are hanged and sent floating down the Don on rafts...