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Word: hitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heaviest March blizzard since 1888 hit the Boston area last night with an estimated snowfall of 10 to 12 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Biggest Blizzard in March Since 1888 Hits Cambridge | 3/17/1956 | See Source »

...year, when no one seemed sure whether or not there would be a show at all, the Pudding has put together a fresh and easy bit of patter which is never dull. For the good-natured audience last night, which displayed varying degrees of sobriety, the show was a hit...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Love Rides the Rails | 3/15/1956 | See Source »

Whenever the Pudding has what its producers consider a small hit, it will enthusiastically hit the road on all sorts of grand tours. In 1913, "Panamania" was good enough to merit such a junket and the Pudding sent it off on an ambitious tour covering practically every state west of the Rockies. A newspaper review told of the show's termination in Chicago...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Pudding Shows: Who Cares About the Money | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

...seldom wins or really cares to win. As long as the performers themselves enjoy what they are doing--as has been the case for the last century--it really matters little whether the audience laughs with them or at them. As long as they laugh, it's a hit...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Pudding Shows: Who Cares About the Money | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

...then unstoppable. Scoring on an assortment of jump shots and layups, he hit on 42 percent of his shots, 13 for 31, and added 15 of 18 free throws to give him the record...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Yale's Lee Scores 41 Points As Elis Defeat Varsity, 99-73 | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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