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Word: blur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...donkey fitted with handle bars. He tumbled off, pulled out a hammer and a plate and began a flurry of legerdemain that ended in a sidesplitting snarl of chaos and shattered crockery. In blue tights flashing with gold, the three blonde Balakin sisters spun aluminum hoops in a shimmering blur. To the frantic rhythms of Khachaturian's Saber Dance, the three Gratchevs flung whole tribes of Indian clubs at one another while wobbling on a rope strung between two swaying wooden poles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Reddest Show on Earth | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

...most explosive in the National Hockey League. He is solid enough (5 ft. 10½ in., 190 Ibs.) to hold off a defense man with one thick arm while stickhandling the puck with the other. And when he slaps one of his lefthanded shots, the puck is a black blur that can twist the goalie's thick ash stick in his hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Thunder on the Left | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

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