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Word: chick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bruce Hunter zipped through the 50-and 100-yard freestyles in excellent times. Diver Chick Montgomery, performing on a low board, defeated two strong Dartmouth...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Swimming Team Defeats Indians; Yardlings Set Six New Records | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...Against him will be some combination of Koni Ulbrich, Fred Cooley, and Dave Seaton in the 220 and Bob Komanda in the 440. The Lion's third big strength is the dive, where the use of a low board favors the Lion's Stew Summers and Glenn Gemelli over Chick Montgomery. The home pool factor, however, may be able to offset this and break up the Dartmouth combination...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Varsity Swimmers to Face Strong Dartmouth Squad | 2/14/1959 | See Source »

...high-kicking Dancer Gwen (Damn Yankees) Verdon, is described by Lyricist Dorothy Fields: "This is a happy show. It does absolutely nothing for the theater." Translation: a likely Broadway hit (opening Feb. 5), with advance sales already past $1,000,000. The story: something about a dreamy London chick (Verdon), working in a turn-of-the-century waxworks, who gets tied up with a U.S. vaudeville strong man. In Washington, the Daily News's Critic Tom Donnelly called Redhead "a mad blend of Agatha Christie and Mack Sennett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ROAD: On the Way | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...them up, prepares the bills for the customer, registers the return payments. Macy's may even extend N.C.R.'s system to inventory control, get daily reports on everything in stock, be able to increase its return on investment by 10% to 15%. Says N.C.R. Chairman Stanley Charles ("Chick") Allyn, 67: "The stage is set for a revolutionary change in the handling of paperwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOMATION: National Cashes In | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

...bending" a note-hitting her target, then turning on the power as she slides a quarter tone above or below. After Barbara appeared with Louis Armstrong at the Pasadena Jazz Festival last month, the master called an agent cross-continent and gave his own estimate: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: A Gasser | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

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