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Word: whips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down on our knees and pray for his pardon? Can you imagine this country debasing itself just because some petty potentate of some little two-by-four country was peeved at the careless remark of some Marine? If not, why do we become hysterical when Mussolini cracks his whip? Let each man draw his own conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 23, 1931 | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

...Russia, and the someone may be a refractory Red Army soldier, or of course a prisoner of the G. P. U., the order is dat shompola, "to give the cleaning rod." A heavy "rod" of twisted wire, such as soldiers use to clean their rifles, is used as a whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Gay-pay-oo | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

...neared $150 in a mad display last week. In the commission houses there was talk of a "technical corner." Speculators pointed to the fact that Auburn has only 187,533 shares outstanding, that probably 90,000 are held by Cord Corp. If a strong bull pool cracked the whip, Auburn bears could easily be made to grunt. It was even said that President Cord's bullish utterances were timed to help a pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Auburn Getaway? | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

...Dead Centre." Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric Co. and Radio Corp. of America, also had a brief word to say last week. Members of New York State Bankers Association felt like cheering when he said "dead centre" has been reached, impending buying will remove surpluses, whip production into line. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce last week also expressed "hope that the 'dead centre' of the Depression is past." Basing its opinion on reports from nationwide member organizations, the Chamber found "a slight increase in business activity and an improvement in the employment situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Prophets | 2/2/1931 | See Source »

...called by anyone who had the acumen to discover it." In these 13 criminal cases the silent witness is called and comes forward with damning evidence no less than 13 times. In every case it is easy-going old Colonel Braxton ("a mind on him like a whip, suh!") who does the calling. Nothing fools him. He can get to the bottom of a murder, forgery, theft case by glancing at a pane of glass, a parchment, a piece of poplar wood. If you are tired of new-fangled fiction-detective methods, if you still have a warm spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Posthumous Mystery | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

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