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Word: cupful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charles: No but I will take a cup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Authors in the Nursery | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...boats of the Crimson crew will vie with each other on the Charles today for the highly-coveted but non-existent "Hackers' Cup." The race marks the end of the fall practice season. The varsity boats will hold a similar regatta on Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hackers' Cup | 11/7/1956 | See Source »

Milking rattlesnakes of their venom is relatively easy. During his 35 years as consulting curator of reptiles at the San Diego Zoo, Klauber milked 5,171 of them by opening their mouths with a metal claw, hooking their fangs over the edge of a cup and pressing out the contents of their poison glands. The venom, he says, is almost odorless. Its taste is first astringent, then turns sweetish. It makes the lips tingle a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rattlesnakes, A to Z | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...stand that holds the tree from the ceiling instead of the floor was put on sale by Roger Products, Inc., Milwaukee. The tree will not tip over even if moppets climb it. The stand consists of a curtain rod, to which the tree trunk is fastened, with a suction cup on one end to hold the rod to the ceiling. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

Last week Nashua went to the post in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. It was his 30th start, and it was to be his last. Whatever happened, Combs had decided, it was time to retire the horse to stud. Nashua made a lordly farewell. He galloped the two-mile Gold Cup distance in 3.20! for a new American record and won going away. With the Gold Cup's $36,600 purse tucked away, Nashua retired with earnings of $1,288,565-the richest horse that ever lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Champ Retires | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

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