Word: whips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whipping the tutors into shape has brought out a new, more forceful side of me. With nary a flinch I can say no to requests to do silly things like drive a van to Buffalo without insurance just to see Niagra Falls. Now I know how my father felt trying to whip me into shape during my high school years...
...have not managed basic reforms, but they represent a challenge to Gorbachev simply by being in a position to experiment. Popov is one of the founders of the progressive Interregional Group in parliament, and he has criticized Ryzhkov's reform plan as a "fiction" that would leave "the same whip and fist" in charge. He advocates eliminating most of the huge Moscow-based industrial ministries, along with large slices of the bureaucracy...
...outings was the highest-ranking thrift regulator in Texas, Linton Bowman, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing. Dixon sought to win political allies with hard cash. He allegedly had Vernon make illegal contributions to the campaigns of such politicians as California Senator Alan Cranston, former House Majority Whip Tony Coelho and former House Speaker Jim Wright, all of whom have been tarnished by other connections to the S&L scandal. None of the campaigns were aware of the illegality of Dixon's contributions...
...make your statement with what you have. Crandall Addington, slim as a whip, whose year-round gamble is oil and gas exploration in South Texas, wears an elegant suit, a diamond stickpin, alligator boots, a neatly trimmed beard and a full-rigged Stetson. Tuna Lund, a huge fellow from Reno who got his nickname from an oceanic losing streak in Carson City, Nev. (a sure loser is a fish, and a tuna is a big fish), just sits at the table looking massive. He hasn't much choice; but if he's winning (which he is, just...
...Antonio, Silber concluded it was best to attack early in a fight, a strategy that has been an article of faith ever since. "He learned that if he had to fight, it was best for him to land the first blow," recalls Paul. "If he couldn't whip a man with one arm, he'd figure out how to hit him harder, and that's what...