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Word: dextrously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...situation screamed for a fullback power play. But while Gianelly's substitute, Dick Oehmler, is dextrous, he weighs only 160 pounds, and his attempt to buck the stubborn Yale line was repulsed...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Yale Defeats Crimson, 21-7 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...Genius of Art Tatum (Clef LP). Five recordings produced by Jazz Impresario Norman Granz in testimony of Tatum's famed skills. Pianist Tatum, 44 and nearly totally blind, can make any song sparkle with his dextrous, imaginative ideas. Spontaneously, he ripples off complex chords, melodic figures and moods that should make the most devoted Liberace fan cry with shame. Some of the 34 titles: The Man I Love, Body and Sold, Yesterdays, My Last Affair, This Can't Be Love, and I'm Coming, Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 5, 1954 | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

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