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Word: couching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...preliminary talk before giving his first demonstration, Dr. Moreno said he was "like Freud an innovator. . . an inventor of gadgets--social gadgets...Psychoanalyst's couch, which is a mess, as you know. The patient couldn't get out and fight! Couldn't make love to anybody! He was tied down. The whole orientation of psychoanalysis has developed out of the patient's recumbent position." Dr. Moreno punctuated his remarks with colorful gestures, and his gusto of delivery could qualify him for another role--that of basso buffo...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE WALRUS SAID | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...pearls as simple Adriana threads them: "We never get clear, definite changes in life; and those who do make hurried changes risk seeing their old habits come to the fore once again, still alive and as deep-rooted as ever." Those who want to read universal meanings into this couch-worn tale will have to do it at the level of amorality where only the Adrianas of the world can move with assurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Love or Money | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Probable Winthrop starting lineup: le, Stein; lt, Horihan; lg, Southerland; c, Byrne; rg, Boardman; rt, Nathan; re, Bisbee; qb, Couch; lh, Brook; rh, Kelly; fb, Hernberg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Football Teams Face Yale College Squads Today | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...also promised to pay Arthur A. Maass, assistant professor of Government, in full on a similar charge at 8:30 a.m. this morning. The third claim hanging against Fournier was wiped out today when Burton K. Williams 3L was paid $16.66 on his demand that Fournier buy back a couch he had sold him as promised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fournier Settles On Full Payment | 11/1/1949 | See Source »

...play of the afternoon was a neatly-executed pitch-out from the Winthrop quarterback to Leverett and Guil Brown, who raced 70 yards for the lone Bunny score. Except for this stunt the Puritans played a steady ball game. Quarterback Dick Couch used straight power plays to take advantage of Leverett's aggressive but out-weighed line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Beat Bunnies, 12-6; Kirkland Edges Dudley, 7-0 | 10/18/1949 | See Source »

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