Word: yanking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After discussing the price-$37,500 -dismayed Willie learned that his neighbors-to-be, all white, did not want the Mayses. Their presence would "depress property values." Last week, after San Francisco's Council for Civic Unity and Mayor George Christopher denounced the Sherwood Foresters for trying to yank the city's welcome mat out from under Willie, Mays got his house. More bewildered than affronted by the fuss, Mays smiled and said, "Wonderful...
...Princetonian quoted Police Chief John H. Smith as saying, "We won't hesitate to go right out to Palmer Stadium and yank somebody off the field." In a front page editorial, the Prince said, "Justice should be done, but not in a kangaroo, court presided over by a bulldog...
...protect the Princeton players, but felt it wouldn't be fair to call them in for routine questioning during the most important game of the year. "But if we come up with some definite evidence," he warned, "we won't hesitate to go right out to Palmer Stadium and yank somebody off the field. We' play no favorites down here...
When Whitney's appointment was announced in London, British newspapers were generally mildly approving ("The Yank from Oxford," said Beaverbrook's usually anti-U.S. Daily Express, "is going to be the Yank at the Court of St. James's"). The Daily Telegraph was moved, in passing, to talk about "the American attitude of appointing gifted amateurs to some of the main diplomatic posts in the world. Some of these appointments are brilliant successes, but the practice does not always turn out equally well." For Whitney the U.S. held high hopes, for, as the New York Times...
After losing six straight at Ebbets Field, the Yanks again crushed Don New-combe in a "big game" to end the Dodgers' one-year reign. This time the score was 9-0. It was the Yank's 17th championship in 22 attempts and their sixth over Brooklyn in seven series...