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Word: flinch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game, was readily identifiable in the pictures that showed a foul ball landing near the presidential box. Reporting a game some months ago, a newspaper erroneously said that Powers had ducked a foul. The gang at the Horseshoe Tavern indignantly formed a "We Know Dave Powers Didn't Flinch Club," signed up 200 members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: One of the Boys | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

...exciting moments by the gravel tremor of his voice, particularly his annual (1928-50) calling of the Kentucky Derby; of a stroke; in Manhattan. Only once did Clem err, swapping first-and second-place finishers in the 1947 Preakness because they wore look-alike silks. Not the man to flinch, he rasped: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have made a horrible mistake. Babe Ruth struck out. Today I did the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 15, 1962 | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

Peabody has been presenting himself clean and decent that even the citizen should not flinch for him in September's Democratic primary and, hopefully, in the gubernatorial election against incumbent Republican John A. Volpe...

Author: By Lawrence W. Feinberg, | Title: Winless Peabody Calls On 'Decent' Mass. Voters | 5/2/1962 | See Source »

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