Word: wielder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gamy Memphis another clean-up campaign was in full swing, and as usual owl-eyed, benign Boss Ed Crump, 67, was the prime cudgel-wielder. This time he was after the cats. Memphis songbirds were in peril, said the boss, so cats must go. A "nice house cat" was all right, but tramps of either sex were out. Promptly cattraps began to appear in Memphis back yards, particularly those of county and city employes. County Commissioner Francis Andrews trapped three right...
...more players reached the semi-final round of the University Tennis Tournament this week, first seeded Al Everts, Varsity number one man, and Mal Moley, Freshman racquet-wielder, who has been blazing a phenomenal trail in this tournament...
...picture in the April 14 issue of TIME showing eight labor mad dogs beating one worker must have stirred the blood of every person who saw it. The wielder of what appears to be an iron rod [it was a child's baseball bat-ED.] seems to be aiming for the victim's spinal column with a blow backed by all his strength...
...Supply Bill, shrunk by over $94,000,000 from what Mr. Roosevelt warned was the lowest figure that could be attained without impairing efficiency. Declared Representative Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, member of the Committee: "We believe these reductions have been made . . . without seriously crippling any needed Government activity." Wielder of many an ice pack in the past, fleshy Clifton Woodrum has taken an oath, and made the rest of his sub-committee swear, not to let any bill get past the committee if its appropriation exceeds the President's budget estimate. Last week Congressman Woodrum outdid himself...
Thus the precise drillmaster came to grips with the wielder of superlative power. Tennessee's brilliant George Cafego. though he played for a while, had an ailing knee. and the Volunteer backfield was sparked mainly by sly-hipped Johnny Butler. The Big Man in the U. S. C. backfield was Ambrose Schindler...