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Word: guys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American League circuit. "He's the fastest thing I've seen since Bob Feller was at his best," said New York Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. "This fellow throws lightning bolts." Baltimore's Catcher Clint Courtney, gingerly waving a sore hand, says, "Turley's the fastest guy I ever caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: As Fast as Feller? | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

...trumpet the claim that she "unveils a deep emotional insight and a tender dramatic gift never before displayed." Probably much more to the point is Marilyn's own comment on the satisfactions of co-starring with He-Man Mitchum: "It's wonderful to play opposite a guy you can't pick up and throw across the room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 17, 1954 | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...Guy Named Joe. Through the next nine years the accomplished actor with the smooth face and charming manner gave his greatest performance. Living in Chungking's poor district, exuding modesty, humility and the shine of honesty, he worked as liaison man between the Communists, the Nationalists and the Westerners in Chiang's wartime capital of Chungking. Suavely he persuaded Western diplomats, newsmen and soldiers of the Communists' good intentions and sincere desire to defeat Japan. The Marshall mission saw in him the signs of what General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Great Dissembler | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...came out of the Derby Trial real good," said Trainer Willie Molter. "He's a tough little guy. I hope that race helped him, because he needed tightening. But I'll be doggoned if I wanted it that tight." Willie Molter was talking about a spunky little (15 hands, 875 Ibs.) grey colt named Determine, and Determine had barely been nosed out in the Trial by Hasty Road, 1953's champion two-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tough Little Guy | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...knows just what happened since the early '405 when bobby-soxers were curling their toes at his boyish glissando. Says he: 'I was weaned on the best popular music ever written. When I was bumming around with Tommy Dorsey and Harry James it was all good. Guys like Mercer and Berlin and Hammerstein were writing their best. In those days a singer was just another guy, and the one-nighters, listening to the band by the hour-this is the experience a singer needs. You learned what it was to be hungry, but you also learned about music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Back on Top | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

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