Word: swipes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...through the Royal Gorge of the Rockies, south through Colorado and into New Mexico, it was clear that Earl Warren was more determined than ever to stay above the infighting. Not until he reached Tulsa this week did he give the sins of the Democrats more than a passing swipe...
...follow the same lines of thought as the order and rules under which the House of Commons has protected the freedom of debate, the interest of minorities, and the dignity of the quiet and moderate speaker." Woodward believes that "every country gets the broadcasting it deserves." In a parenthetical swipe at Hollywood, he adds that, "It is not true that every country gets the films it deserves; most countries get the films which the least educated section of the American plutocracy sends them...
...Side-Swipe. In Rome, Wis., Motorist Frank Beaver swerved violently to avoid a dog on a bridge, knocked down the bridge...
Candidate Harold Stassen, galloping through the South, took a passing swipe at Candidate Bob Taft. In New Orleans, obviously referring to Taft for his cautious position on foreign aid, Stassen chomp-chided: "I plead with the members of our Republican party not to become afflicted with a chronic fixation of opposition...
...mowing a path like a man with a scythe in a field. When the policeman reached the woman, she flung herself at his legs, clawing and kicking. Without changing expression, he shifted his stick to his left hand, and with his right forearm dealt her a terrific swipe which sent her skidding across the road to the curb, against which she gashed her head. The cop looked up and said, "La garce!" (that tramp...