Word: blacksmiths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shoeing. Little Joe never actually worked at his father's trade. But he grew up to have his old man's squat build. And in the politician's trade, which Joe Martin took up, he worked in the manner of a blacksmith - a nail here, a nail there, working most of the time close to the ground...
...Bari, a struggling blacksmith, Angelo Pantoso, fretted: "I believe in God. God protected me at war, but when I came back home, only the Communist Party explained the cause of my poverty. Now there is a storm in my mind...
...workers, merchants, prostitutes and thieves who inhabited the tiny Via del Corno in 1925, Mussolini's recent power grab was of less interest than neighborhood scandal. But Carlino, the Fascist clerk, itched for the Second Wave that would bring revenge on his political enemies. And Maciste, the Communist blacksmith, glumly recognized the shattering defeat that Italian leftists had suffered. Fruit Peddler Ugo, his hotheaded disciple, broke with him over weakkneed party policy, but returned one night when he learned that the Second Wave was starting. They roared off on Maciste's motorcycle in a desperate attempt to warn...
...Ben?from blacksmith to farm manager?was hand-picked for performance...
...Jones brought a sore-footed colt named Lawrin to Louisville. If he worked Lawrin, the horse would probably break down; if he didn't work him, he wouldn't be fit for the long Derby grind. Ben got a blacksmith to shoe the horse with heavy protective bar plates, then got one hard work and a race into him. On Derby Day, lightweight shoes replaced the heavy ones and Lawrin must have felt as though he was flying. He romped home...