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Word: ducking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hatches & Horrors. Twice the President had to duck objects hurled at him. One time a dagger was thrown; it was made of rubber. Another time, during a parade, a well-wrapped ham sandwich dropped into his lap from an apartment house in The Bronx...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Presidential Detail | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

When he came to the College in the fall of '45, he was under doctor's orders to swim for his health and took to the Freshman swimming classes in the Indoor Athletic Building pool like the proverbial duck. There his strong arm action was spotted by Varsity coach Hal Ulen, who persuaded Norris to come out for the swimming team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Swimmer Wins AAU Crown Despite Crippled Leg | 8/28/1947 | See Source »

...street "Bent Arm Boulevard." ¶ He maintained a Disciplinary Training Camp at Pisa, where G.I. prisoners "get the sweatbox for making a wrong turn. [It] is full of delightful [punishment] routine like cleaning a mess kit with a needle, or walking for hours squatting on the hams and making duck noises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Courthouse | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...wings. Steve's passing gave a clue to the differences between U.S. and British comic-strip tastes. Blondie is a fixture, in the Daily Graphic. Said an editor: "It never gets beyond the trifling happenings that go on in everyone's life all over the world." Donald Duck, Mandrake the Magician and King of the Royal Mounted have been accepted because they are easily understood, and Super-Sleuth Rip Kirby is doing nicely in the Daily Mail. "He's a fairly quiet chap with pipe and glasses," said a Mazlman, "and our people seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Such Language | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Signed) "Head Chief Duck Chief, L. Many Bears, Paul Little Walker, Ben Calf Robe [Blackfoot tribe]; Chief Enos Hunter, Chief David Bearspaw, Jacob Twoyoungmen, Councilors Isaac Two-youngmen, John Powderface, Tom Kaquitts [Stoney tribe]; Councilors Judas Hunter, Jonas Rider; David Crowchild, Eddie One Spot, George Runner [Sarcee tribe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: ALBERTA: More Wampum | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

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