Word: whips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SEVENTH HEAVEN-Helen Menken begins as the timorous sister of an absinthe-soaked shrew, but at the end of the second act, her courage restored by love, she turns on the sister and lashes her with a black whip...
...SEVENTH HEAVEN - Helen Menken begins as the timorous sister of an absinthe-soaked shrew, but at the end of the second act, her courage restored by love, she turns on the sister and lashes her with a black whip...
...Cornell hockey squad has been handicapped by the lack of a covered rink, but with a week of favorable weather Coach Bawlf has been able to whip his men into top form. Davidson, one of the few veterans on the squad, has been absent earlier in the season but has recently returned to practice and should make a noticeable improvement in the strength of the team...
...managerial ability. He gives it a sort of blessedness by saying it is run by students for the students. His first argument, that it gives an opportunity for training, is, I think, more poetic than sound. It would be just as plausible to advocate war in order to whip a few generals into shape. But it may be I am wrong on this head it may be that the note taking and purveying is a business of great proportions, but I cannot think it quite the institute, or quite such a pervasive system as in suggested. As for his idea...
When a lady is grossly insulted, there is, in civilized countries, a double remedy. If the offender has the pretensions of a gentleman, he may be killed. If he is simply ill-bred, a dog-whip is substituted for the sword. It may be I lack the courage for martyrdom, even if I possessed the convenient opportunity. In any event I am strongly persuaded that Mr. Borah belongs to the latter class...