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...nominate Professor Sorokin as Man of the Year for 1954, and give him three cheers to boot (to boot Kinsey downstairs, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 1, 1954 | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

False Alarm. In Fort Worth, Claude Rogers was acquitted of drunken driving after he testified that his car had been zigzagging because he was trying to take off a boot that pinched, and that he staggered after his arrest only because the boot was half off his foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 1, 1954 | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

...president was still talking, and I began taking notes again. Then I noticed that one of the posse had grabbed a victim by the boot and was hauling him out from under the bed. Paying me no attention, the vigilantes did their man in with no mercy at all. He was riddled with at least a hundred bullets to the tune of "bang . . . bang . . . bang ... I gotcha ... I gotcha ..." I thought the cowboy had been finished off, but he staggered to his feet, jerked loose and dashed for the stairs and freedom in the backyard. The chase was on again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...above with nothing to do. And them, as if in answer to his prayers, an advertisement caught his eye. "Tour number 2, educational, Harvard, M.I.T., Radcliffe, Boston University, Simmons . . ." This is it, Vag murmured, enthused already. He could join in the Boston Christmas spirit and get educated to boot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And On Your Left | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

...combined move by Member of Parliament Bozsik, his left half and his center forward brought the center 20 yards from the English goal with the ball at his feet. He faked a left-footed kick, then drove the ball home with a hard-rising shot from his right boot. England's Goalie Gil Merrick dived like a swallow to block it, but it shot past him. By half time, Hungary led 4-2, and the Britons, who ordinarily muddle around midfield but can be counted on for hard kicking at the goal mouth, had obviously met their match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Twilight of the Gods | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

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