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Word: cliff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rather steep comedown-in the end he jumps off a cliff. John, a much wiser young squire, gets home to England, where all ends with a nice, bucolic chirrup: "The kingcups and the wild daffodils were out in the water meadows; from the dovecot came the sudden passion and stir of wings." And Elfrida, the girl John left behind him, "had grown tall; under the sun she showed satin-fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mildly Mock-Archaic | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Heave Ho! In San Francisco, when Floyd Ford's car got stuck in a rut, he and a friend got out to push, shoved it out of the rut and over a 75-ft. cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1953 | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...tonight over WHRB, Council members Anthony l. Herrey '54 and Cliff L. Alexander '55 will discuss the so-called threat to academic freedom generally and the Council's stand specifically...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Council Airs Students' View on Free Thought | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

Lowell placed four men on the Rinehart squad with Kirkland landing three and Leverett one. At the forwards are Cliff Alexander of Lowell, Jim Urban of Kirkland, Paul Donovan of Leverett, and Bob Parent of Dudley. Playing center for the Rineharts are Kenney of Lowell and Lee Humphrey of Kirkland. Ken Woodman of Kirkland, Larry Corser of Lowell and Ted Briggs of Lowell are at the guard positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rineharts, Wintergreens Vie for Basketball Title | 3/6/1953 | See Source »

...with her. When the family chauffeur (Robert Mitchum) spurns her love because he does not approve of the way she goes around demolishing people and automobiles, she decides to kill herself. With Mitchum in the car, she throws the gear into reverse and goes catapulting back over the cliff where her parents died. At this point Angel Face comes to an end, having just about run out of both actors and automobiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 23, 1953 | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

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