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Word: elbowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Word. In Fort Worth, Mrs. M. E. Johnson complained to the city council that her tavern business was suffering from a plague of divinity students who clustered so thickly outside her door preaching sidewalk sermons that prospective customers had to elbow their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 31, 1955 | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...Senate week came to an end shortly after word was received that Joe was in the Bethesda Naval Hospital. He had, it was said, banged his right elbow against a glass-top table while shaking hands with an enthusiastic admirer when he was back in Wisconsin for the weekend. Visitors to the sick room reported that Joe's illness made him unable to converse satisfactorily about the censure movement (the congressional doctor reported that McCarthy "could possibly" have an infection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Elbow Grease | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

...least one respect they are right. In spite of all the stalling over the Senator's lame elbow, his opponents will probably be able to force a vote before the Christmas Eve deadline. If the vote comes, McCarthy's chances of acquittal are slight at best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After Censure, What? | 11/23/1954 | See Source »

...yesterday's practice, injured tailbacks Jim Joslin and Matt Botsford drilled along the sidelines, while the rest of the squad scrimmaged for about 30 minutes. Botsford passed and punted, apparently without harm to his bad elbow; Joslin ran in place and also punted in an effort to work out his charley horse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Passing the Buck | 11/10/1954 | See Source »

Botsford, who suffered an elbow injury in Saturday's Ohio game, evidently will not play at Princeton. There has not been any official word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Joslin Practices In Backfield Unit | 11/4/1954 | See Source »

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