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Word: bearhug (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...today Harvard scored a decisive 26-0 victory over Columbia. Pictured above is Lion halfback Harvey Brookins (34) attempting unsuccessfully to circle the left side of the Crimson line. End Doug Hamilton (87) is moving in to make the tackle, while tackle Pete Briggs (77) applies the old bearhug to a Columbia blocker. Last week the Varsity continued its winning streak, overpowering undefeated Dartmouth...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Varsity Defeated Quakers Last Fall | 11/1/1958 | See Source »

Shortly after 10 o'clock one morning last week, a frail man in a light grey suit stepped out of a Soviet-built IL-14 transport onto the tarmac of Belgrade's Zemun Airport. Dutifully, the visitor surrendered himself to a welcoming bearhug from his stocky, sun-bronzed host, accepted bouquets from four dewy-eyed young Pioneers, and acknowledged the salute of a snappy, blue-uniformed honor guard. Then Poland's Wladyslaw Gomulka and Yugoslavia's Marshal Josip Broz Tito headed off across the Yugoslav capital in a motorcade whose first three cars were a Rolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN EUROPE: Family Reunion | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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