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Word: gustiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bobby Short (Trend EP). A young West Coast singer who manages-with the help of an excitable tremolo and an occasional uninhibited growl-to work a good bit of enthusiasm into the grooves. Gustiest number: Taking a Chance on Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...Nebraska, where political oratory is apt to be gusty, the memory of William Jennings Bryan, greatest and gustiest of Nebraska politicians, is revered by many people. It seemed quite proper, then, when the Bryan Memorial Commission produced a 13-ton, 8-ft. bronze likeness of the late Great Commoner and planted it on the steps of the handsome, "skyscraper" (19-story) state capitol. The statue was no sooner in place than a storm of angry protests broke over the head of Governor Val Peterson. Republican pride was outraged that a Democrat should desecrate the capitol's steps. The governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEBRASKA: Bryan's Last Stand | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...becomes a champion rider with the help of a has-been rodeo ace (Robert Mitchum). But Kennedy has a beautiful red-haired wife (Susan Hay-ward). So just as much action begins to develop outside the rodeo arena as inside when the two men tangle over the lady. The gustiest characterization in The Lusty Men is provided by Arthur Hunnicutt as a punchy ex-broncobuster with a busted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 13, 1952 | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

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