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Word: fisherisms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people I don't like." As Chicagoans look on with mixed fascination and disgust, he proceeds to poke at the privacy and the professional talents of well-known figures in the popular-music industry, whether they are guests on the show or not. Some typical Faye autopsies: Eddie Fisher "sings with as much animation as a dead fish"; Elvis Presley is "a bouncing orangutan, a musical degenerate"; Tab Hunter's "squeak is a travesty, a horror." Of his own sister. Cafe Singer Frances Faye, he cracked: "She's really not my sister; she's my father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Marty's Morgue | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

Then, either senior Dick Fisher or junior Ken Hathaway in left, junior Walt Stahura in center, senior Matt Botsford in right, senior Phil Haughey catching, and Repetto on the mound...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Repetto to Pitch Against Yale Nine At Soldiers Field | 6/12/1957 | See Source »

Harvard scored first, as Dick Fisher singled in the second, advanced on an incompetent pick-off attempt and a fielder's choice, and came home on a double steal as Matt Botsford took second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jeffs Defeat Nine, 4-1; Crimson Then Edges Williams, 7-5 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

Died. Arthur Fisher Bentley, 86, philosopher, political scientist, author (The Process of Government), collaborator with the late John Dewey on Knowing and the Known; in Paoli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 3, 1957 | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

Oddly enough, the bench supplied some of the best batting averages. Utility outfielder Dick Fisher only got a crack at the horsehide 20 times, but lashed out seven hits for a .350 average. All his blows were singles. Kent Hathaway came up late in the season to fill a hole on the varsity caused by injuries and batted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Subrin to Manage Baseball | 5/25/1957 | See Source »

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