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Word: whips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before they have a shot at that invitation, the golfers will have to whip two tough customers--Yale and Princeton--this weekend in New Haven...

Author: By Paul T. Shoemaker, | Title: Linksmen Crush MIT, Trinity, Retain Shot at NCAA Tourney | 5/11/1973 | See Source »

Every time I hear you crack the whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reggae Power | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

Congress at present holds something of a whip hand in the debate because Nixon's statutory authority to regulate prices and wages expires at the end of the month. The White House is seeking a one-year carbon-copy extension of the Economic Stabilization Act, which gave the President blanket permission "to issue such orders and regulations as he may deem appropriate to stabilize" pay and prices. Should Congress simply renew that power, Nixon could obviously proceed with Phase III pretty much as he pleases. But more and more members of the congressional Democratic majority are determined to sprinkle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: The Lasting, Multiple Hassles of Topic A | 4/9/1973 | See Source »

...been around two more years, and frankly, I thought he had a shot at Speaker of the House. He was a good leader, a good speaker - better than me. So I offered to drop out in the interests of the county and the party. Now that guy is whip, and it looks like he'll get to be speaker, which will be good for the county. I made the right decision...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee, | Title: The Machine: Rolling Jobs Into Votes | 3/9/1973 | See Source »

...ornaments were the whip-lash's scar...

Author: By Alta Starr, | Title: Tryin' To Make It Real | 3/8/1973 | See Source »

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