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Word: float (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knees slightly bent, perfectly balanced though, finishes his rifls with a triumphant index finger high over his head. He 'plays' a long beep and then a long deep wavering note. Stewart sings slow blues style, "My baby, she knows how to spread her wings." Subterrenean thoughts of rolling thighs float around. Jeff Beck and Ron Wood exchange looks and laugh. Mick Waller keeps slashing at the drums, putting out his sharp rattling rumble. One forgets about the Boston Tea Party's light show, completely absorbed in the actors. Stewart points at Beck saying, 'Just look at him, look...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: The Jeff Beck Group | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

Philadelphia's Joe Frazier, 24, will never float like a butterfly or sting like a bee. He does not even practice poetastry or Islam. Though he is no Muhammad Ali, Joltin' Joe is still the second-best heavyweight in the world, and there is excitement in his artless approach to his trade. Utterly lacking in fistic science, Frazier is a slugger in the savage style of Rocky Marciano. "I punch and get punched," says Joe. "He lays it on me, and I lay it on him. That's what fightin' is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: Laying It On | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...ftittercrumbs, fluttercrimbs are float-fallin, g: allwhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Little Magazines | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

...special note should be inserted concerning Cunningham's use of the prime dance sin--ugliness. Ugliness often figures in the movements: it is part of experience. The technical competence of this troupe is unsurpassed, hence their awkwardnesses are calculated. They do not want to float like swans or swing like Gower Champion. Cunningham's goal is creating new qualities of experience for his dancers and audiences. His concerts are magnificent events not to be missed...

Author: By Maeve Kinkead, | Title: Merce Cunningham & Dance Company | 5/29/1968 | See Source »

...structure of the basic program of courses is still a little bit up in the air as the new department gets ready to float its trial balloon next year. But as it now stands the course requirements go like this...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Where Vis Stud Is At | 4/25/1968 | See Source »

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