Word: whips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confrontations of the presidential contenders on television are designed more for harsh human drama than enlightenment. Bored with endless months of caravan politics, the opposing camps whip up national interest in the same way that boxing promoters try to build a big gate. There is talk of keeping the pressure on, of pounding away at this issue or that, of drawing blood, even of scoring a knockout. In the debate itself, the candidates try to look and talk tough. Chest heaving and frowning become measures of character. Entrapment, humiliation, accusation and scorn rise above sympathy and understanding. The debates...
...darkhorse who is exacting comment, though, is Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, an accomplished leader who has spent the last four years as the Number Two GOP man in the Senate, the Majority Whip. Stevens has been running on the issue of Senate procedural reform, and experts say that cause currently has a lot of sympathy in the halls of the Capitol...
After dropping a tough 7-4 decision to Dartmouth last weekend, a loss which ended a three-season winning streak, the ruggers bounced back to whip the toothless Tigers into submission...
Pushing the team to train hard for these races are--Hale and Crocker. "It's not the kind of sport where you can whip yourself into shape. It's a building sport," says Crocker...
...Give the masses a new religious symbol to believe in ("harness the madman power") and then exploit their zeal to create wealth, in this case by mining gold in a remote area of Argentina. The Astrologer explains: "See? We'll lure the workers in with false promises and whip them to death if they won't work." Erdosain feels flattered to be included among the brains of this organization. His invention of a copper-plated rose, once perfected and put into production, will provide capital for the fledgling revolution, as will the string of bordellos the Astrologer plans...