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  • n  (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent

  • While the number of neo-Nazis and neofascists in Western Europe remains minuscule, ugly pictures of straight-arm salutes, street hooligans and racial hatred are haunting reminders .
  • Will he weld the rail with the glare of his X-ray eyes? Or will he straight-arm the train to a stop? Find out next Saturday in the next thrilling chapter of Superman!.
  • Or will he straight-arm the train to a stop? Here in a superhuman cliche ends the first chapter of Columbia's newest serial, Superman.

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