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Word: babes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said, he was writing the end to a 16-year career that had made the youngster from the San Francisco fishing wharfs a public idol almost overnight. Modest to the point of reticence, and a moody introvert at times, Joe has always lacked the flash and dash of a Babe Ruth or a Ty Cobb; he was a perfectionist of the diamond, a picture player in the Frank Chance tradition. No catch ever looked tough, the way Joe loped up and cradled it. No stance at the plate-bat poised and feet widespread-was ever so widely imitated. None could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Old Pro | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...time record: Babe Ruth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...17th birthday, defeated Santa Monica's Beverly Baker, 9-7, 6-4. ¶Professional Golfer Betsy Rawls, 23, of Austin, Texas, the Women's National Open, with a 72-hole total score of 293; in Atlanta. In third place with a 299: veteran Professional Mildred ("Babe") Zaharias, who only last month helped cure Winner Rawls of a fast-developing slice. ¶ Choate Webster, 26, of Lenapah, Okla. and his horse Popcorn, permanent possession of the $5,000 Sam Jackson silver trophy; at the Pendleton, Ore. Roundup. For the third year in a row, Cowpoke Webster topped the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...from being the most beautiful babe in the Hollywoods (her mouth is a little too large). Her figure is not the best (she is a trifle skinny and by Hollywood standards her legs are only average). Certainly few people-least of all herself-claim that she is a good actress (though she likes to think of herself as a singer).** By Hollywood standards she lives modestly (salary: $2,000 a week), enjoys few luxuries except a maid and a Cadillac (a gift from Frankie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Farmer's Daughter | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...Please be advised that it was none other than Minnesota's own Paul Bunyan who hung "Babe's" bell on that pine tree during a sojourn on the coast . . . BILL MACCONNACHIE Cloquet, Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1951 | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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