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Word: gotta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was some question whether Frankie was really quite well when he brusquely turned down an offer from Brigitte Bardot to go to London to discuss a movie. "I can't wait," said Frankie. "I gotta be in Boston. Senator Kennedy is a friend of mine, and I promised." Finally, Frankie made a return volant to the U.S., still determinedly withholding his paw sinister from the gold circlet that anyone might wish to slip on his finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD ABROAD: Bee Volant | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...temperamental movie director. "Do it like this," she cried. "An explorer that starts with M?" She snapped her fingers, tore at her hair, looked agonized, then beamed and shouted: "Oh, that must be the guy they named the straits after-Ma, Ma something. Oh yeah! Magellan. See? You gotta ham it up. Don't just blurt it out. Hold it back, stretch for it. But whatever you do, say something! Give it the old bedazz. You can't just sit there like big blobs of liver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The People Getters | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...speed that was supposed to steam out Delany threatened to burn up Elliott as well. A Negro youngster collecting hurdles at the trackside watched the runners whisk past and chuckled softly: "Look like those cats think it's the 440. Some-thin's gotta give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Steamed Out | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...gotta go and never stop going till...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Disorganization Man | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...know but we gotta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Disorganization Man | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

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