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Word: goof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lewis obviously delights in his job. "General Dynamics' history goes back 65 years," he says. "Thirty years from now, I hope someone will say, 'Brother Lewis didn't goof this thing. He kept this thing going.' " More than that, Lewis has succeeded in the most exhilarating job an executive can have: rescuing a mighty company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: The Rescue | 6/5/1964 | See Source »

...Wondrous Willie, the statisticians figure, it would be especially hard. To get back down to .300, he has to goof up his next 44 trips to the plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Mays in May | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

...graduating medical class of 1961. Are we young physicians (most of us are still in training as residents at various hospitals scattered over the country) suddenly transformed into a part of this urgently needed pool of "technical scholars" for Du Pont, General Electric, and aerospace or did TIME goof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 3, 1964 | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

...Goof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 3, 1964 | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

Twist in the Dugout. Wagner is the Angels' clowning glory. He heckles opposing players "unconsciously" (he means unmercifully), dances the twist in the dugout, and gleefully polices the "Outhouse"-the section in the back of the team bus reserved for goof-offs after each Angel game. Wagner's credentials are perfect for the job. Part Negro, part Cherokee Indian, he grew up in Detroit, and decided early that the way to fun and fortune was to be afootball star. But, alas, at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute he learned that college football players do not always get paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Policeman of the Outhouse | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

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