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Word: fanning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could claim no relevance to the pajama industry. Damn Yankees has a tight unity in all departments, the songs contribute to the action, and the action is weirdly plausible and even exciting. From "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant," you may know the plot A middle-aged baseball fan sells his soul to the devil in order to become a young sports hero and rescues the Washington Senators from their perennial losses. The fan reserve the right to cancel the bargain on one particular midnight in the fall. From there on, it is a contest between the devil...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Damn Yankees | 4/14/1955 | See Source »

...Pocatello, even the fans were a breed apart from the usual fight mob. Through most of the bouts, they hunched in their seats, intent and silent as a TV audience. Contestants could be heard coaching their teammates from far back of the ringside: "Use your right, Joe. Keep jabbin'. For God's sake, jab." And when Idaho State's defending champion, Heavyweight Mike McMurtry, was belted glassy-eyed, a spectator's voice sounded clear above the hush: "That may be the best thing ever hit Mike. He's been thinking of turning pro. I hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing Safe & Sane | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

...welterweight at the University of London, has just done a series of twelve solo TV shows devoted to "Government and Human Nature." As high-strung as any star, Finer goes on the air fortified by repeated cups of coffee and doses of cough syrup, gives a vibrant performance (a fan describes him as "a real ancient George Gobel type"). After the show he needs a few hours to cool off and settle his nerves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Wide, Wide World | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

Counsel for Mr. Morgan. Slowly, John W. Davis of West Virginia and New York began to pull ahead of the other also-rans, until William Jennings Bryan, den mother of the Democrats, cast aside his palmetto fan and rose to denounce Davis as the advocate of Wall Street. Next day William Randolph Hearst's supreme pundit, Arthur Brisbane, reported it: "Instantly, Davis' vote dropped away to practically nothing, and there it will stay. For. as Mr. Bryan said, you can't nominate the lawyer of J. Pierpont Morgan for President of the United States." The following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: The Jeffersonian | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

Berry joined the faculty in 1928 and has since been a frequent contributor to various technical publications. He wrote a small book, "Flow and Fan," dealing with ventilation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berry to Retire | 3/31/1955 | See Source »

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