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Word: footedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bustling all about the U.S. and the Caribbean area last year, blithe-spirited British Playwright-Actor-Composer Noel Coward got homesick and visited Britain for eight weeks. High price of gratifying his nostalgia: $70,000, the amount that Britain's revenooers collected from him because he had set foot on the tight little isle.* Last week, on his way to France by ocean liner, Expatriate Coward gazed fondly through a porthole when his ship put in at Plymouth. "Ah, this beautiful England!" sighed he. "One step on dear old England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 28, 1956 | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...standards for an "A" rank are fairly high, requiring, for instance, a 7 foot, 10 inch standing broad jump, and a 50 yard swim under 35 seconds...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: 'Step Test' Eliminated For Future Freshmen | 5/25/1956 | See Source »

...Later, Alligator. In Bryn Mawr, Pa., after horrified school authorities closed her dormitory reptile zoo containing two turtles, a foot-long alligator and a scarlet king snake, Bryn Mawr College Sophomore Marianne McDonald sighed: "It seems hard to believe that everyone doesn't like reptiles-the little snake was a symphony in color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 21, 1956 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Hurdler Joel Cohen, in his only race this season, provided the next upset. Although he had not run since breaking his foot during the indoor season, he nearly beat Yale's Jim Stocking, runnerup in the Heps high hurdles. He missed by a foot...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Varsity Track Team Humbles Elis, 77-63 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Scheduled for 5 p.m., the j.v. race should be equally close, following Cornell's one foot victory over the Crimson last week in a contest that see-sawed over the last quarter mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity 150 Crew Seeks Third Win Against Big Red | 5/18/1956 | See Source »

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