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Word: clocked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appeared "across the entire slave empire of the Communist tyrants," he ad-libbed: "I'm beginning to wonder about this man who just three years ago downgraded the idea that we could achieve peace through visits and talks and goodwill missions, and who is engaged almost around the clock with visits and talks and good will missions . . . We have peace only because General Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles had the guts to proclaim brinkmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: How They're Running | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

...more. He moved the Middies to the S.M.U. two. A field goal put Navy back ahead, 28-26. And with just 2 min. 52 sec. left in the game, bruised, battered, exhausted, he slumped onto the bench and waited for Navy's defense to run out the clock. Not a chance. In only four plays, S.M.U. traveled 70 yds. for a touchdown. Score: Southern Methodist 32, Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...much to hope that Staubach could rally the Middies now. Time was against him: the clock showed only 2 min. 5 sec., and Navy was 60 yds. away from pay dirt. The cards were stacked. But once again, Staubach began to work his magnificent magic. He scampered around right end for 16 yds. He passed for 14 more. He passed again for 12. He ran the middle for 15. And finally, with just 2 sec. left, he dropped back and fired one last pass to Halfback Ed Orr in the end zone. The gun went off-and the ball skidded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

Perhaps the only interesting contest of the meet will be sophomore ace Walt Hewlett versus the clock. Hewlett lost his first race of the season last week to Cornell's Jim Byard, but he will probably be out to redeem himself in New York today. He will also not face any stiff competition until he meets Byard again in the Heps; none of the other Ivy schools have runners of equivalent caliber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers to Meet Columbia, Penn in New York Today | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...awakened out of my reverie by a raucous voice shouting in my ear. "Iced Coke--Hot chocolate!" The electric time clock at the end of the horseshoe flashed to its final reading--00.00. The referee's whistle blew. The contestants withdrew. A score of nil-nil was generally adjudged by the cognoscenti to be as good as could have been hoped...

Author: By David J.M. Muffett, | Title: Reflections on a Harvard Tribal Gathering | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

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