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Word: cliff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...partner: Lumber Salesman Billy Jo Patton, the sensational amateur from Morgantown, N.C., who finished third, right behind Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, in the recent Masters Tournament. Patton returned to Augusta after the Masters' especially to meet Ike. and together they trounced their opponents, Club Chairman Cliff Roberts and Columbus, Ga. Broker William Zimmerman. Ike carded a respectable 88 and Billy Jo had a sensational 68, including five birdies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Baseballs & Easter Eggs | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

...with the key in her hand, and the door had locked on closing. Cursing her wildly, he demanded that she pass the key out to him. He had driven the automobile to a high and lonely bluff overlooking the Kern River and he threatened to run it over the cliff if she refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: The Surprise | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

Robert M. O'Neill '56, who represented the Debate Council at Milwaukee along with Cliff F. Thompson '56, said the Marquette team "refused to recognize any evils in the present system of Congressional investigations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Debaters Invade McCarthy Territory, Lose to Marquette U. | 4/13/1954 | See Source »

...best scene, a violent cavalry battle in a cliff-closed arroyo through which the horses charge with a fine splatter of hooves, is so thrilling that moviegoers will probably not mind its resemblance to a scene in a 1944 Joel McCrea picture, Buffalo Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 12, 1954 | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...useful as a slipped disk. He marches with a loping camel's gait, he drops his rifle in formation, he innocently lets a knavish buddy borrow and sell his equipment. Trained to become a truck driver, he smashes up a couple of vehicles, runs another over a cliff. Primitive that he is, he fervently worships his tire pressure gauge as a handy, portable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: African Comedy | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

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