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Word: beef (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scouse-beef stew without the beef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

...classic, stable stance, with the left foot in front, the right foot in back. To increase Patterson's ability to take a punch Florio strengthened his neck with special exercises that expanded his collar size from 16½ to 17. A diet of steak, lamb chops and beef stew boosted Patterson's weight by 8 Ibs. to a solid 190. Any sparring partner who knocked Patterson down with a right hand got a bonus of $100; any who staggered him got $50. No one collected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Champion | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

Before World War II the principal function of newspaper travel copy was to fill the white space between resort ads. This dubious responsibility fell either to hacks or to travel-ad salesmen; when the Milwaukee Sentinel, a Hearstpaper, decided to beef up its travel department, it reached into the ranks of the advertising department for an editor. Most travel stories were no more than barely rewritten handouts from railroads, tourist centers and Miami Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Traveling Press | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

...that have sprouted (19 million since 1940) as from a bottomless nest of Chinese boxes. School buses headed toward the season's last mile; power mowers and outboard motors pulsed the season's first promise. Fragrance of honeysuckle and roses overlay the smell of charcoal and seared beef. The thud of baseball against mitt, the abrasive grind of roller skate against concrete, the jarring harmony of the Good Humor bell tolled the day; the clink of ice, the distant laugh, the surge of hi-fi through the open window came with the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: The Roots of Home | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

...Rome, where he is starring in a beef-and-brawn movie for United Artists. Bob Mathias, 29, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion, heaved a shot at the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union, which has barred him from further amateur competition because he is now a professional actor. "We can't catch the Russians in sports until the A.A.U. changes its rules on amateurs.'' said he. Mathias' flat prediction on this year's Olympic games: "The Russians will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 23, 1960 | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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