Word: whips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Roman galley. What with a coach, a manager, and a moving picture photographer pacing between the oarsmen, all that would have been needed to complete the picture of a classic galley would have been to chain the men to their seats and supply the coach with a whip...
...Testimony by the man who had written the telegram referring to "principal" that "principal" referred to Senator Curtis, Republican Whip. Senator Curtis denied it. The White House declared that any conversation which the President had with the writer of the telegram (the editor of the Washington Post) must have been casual, since Mr. Bennet has not conferred with the President. Mr. Bennet himself said the remarks about "no rocking the boat" and "no resignations" were...
...Democratic National Committee pointed with pride to the Democratic whip of the House. A whip has the difficult job of rounding up his party's followers and having them on the floor when every important vote is taken. Representative William A. Oldfield, of Arkansas, just entering upon his 16th year in the House, is whip for the Democrats. The feat for which the National Committee commended him proved him to be a very knout and bastinado. In the voting on the tax reduction bill in the House, the Democrats succeeded in substituting the Garner surtax rates for those...
...proceedings of the House in Committee of the Whole were not final, but merely to whip the bill into such shape that it can be passed with only a few roll calls in regular session. The House still would have an opportunity to change the surtax rates, for example, before final passage. After such passage the bill will go to the Senate, which is expected to restore the bill more nearly to its original form. Then it will go into joint conference to be shaped into some sort of a satisfactory compromise before ultimate adoption by both Houses...
...Captain Pfaffmann, in outlining the plans for the season, will probably detail the test matches which will be played, and Coach Harry L. Cowles will explain the general rules for training. Due to the fact that the season is unusually short this year, there will be an effort to whip the squad into shape as quickly as possible...