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Word: bimini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Smitty runs his own $2,500,000-a-year engineering firm in Detroit, but he is seldom there. He fishes in Bimini, skis in Norway, once slept with Hillsdale in a Santa Anita stable. His need for guts came early. He was a promising athlete in his youth-a rugged bull of a kid who was forever picking fights with his grade-school classmates, later channeled his energies into football in Massillon, Ohio. His athletic promise faded tragically when, at 15, he came in contact with a high-tension wire. The accident mangled his left hand, severely creased his skull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Smitty | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

America-Conscious. Wide, Wide World (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC) has never quite managed the splendor imagined by its creator, but its TV cameras have looked into the Grand Canyon, crossed the seas to Bimini and Cuba, and gone over the border to Mexico and Canada. Under the guidance of M.C. Dave Garroway, the show has penetrated Carlsbad Caverns, looked east and west from the Continental Divide, plunged underwater in Florida. Up to 60 TV cameras have been used on a single show. Inaccessible spots were joined to the network by 75,000 miles of circuit cables, and more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Birth of a Baby | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...York Times. He was amazed. "Now how'd they ever get my picture?" he asked. "Ah never been in New York." The Big Money. To Snead, golf is strictly business. For relaxation he prefers hunting and fishing (he caught the world record bonefish, a 15-pounder, off Bimini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Come On, Little Ball! | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

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