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Word: hitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...demonstrators came to persuade Governor Frank Clement (TIME, Jan. 30) that Tennessee should declare the Supreme Court decision "null and void." They got an early hint of Clement's answer: when one of the demonstrators tried to eject a Negro photographer, a state trooper intervened: "If you hit that man, I'll lock you up. This building belongs to all the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Encounter at Nashville | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

Captain Konoklov's story did not stand up to the evidence of the crashed planes, and scores of eyewitnesses who had seen the Russian seemingly maneuver his plane into the Hungarian and, seconds before the crash, hit the air in his ejection seat. Taxed with this evidence, Konoklov admitted, just before stepping back into Hungary, that he and his wing man had been chasing two escaping Hungarian pilots and, failing to shoot one down, had rammed it. The second Hungarian plane apparently got away, but where it landed (whether in West Germany or Yugoslavia) was one of the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Ramming Tactics | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...good-looking six-footer with lean hips, long arms and broad shoulders powered by slabs of smooth muscle ... he fights with the violent gracefulness of a large cat hunting its dinner. He is a rarity-a good boxer with a knockout in either fist . . . He is hard to hit, but he has been clobbered, upstairs and down, without losing his poise or aggressiveness. He has never been knocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Next Champ | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...varsity, while missing over 75 per cent of its shots, half the time could not even hit the basket rim, and several times completely missed the backboard...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Brown Defeats Varsity Five For Initial Victory in League | 2/4/1956 | See Source »

...season form. In December, for instance, Boston College defeated Dartmouth, 11 to 3, but was only able to win by 4 to 3 in a second encounter on Thursday. Coach Eddie Jeremiah has been shuffling his predominantly sophomore lineup, including the use of three different goalies, and may have hit upon a powerful combination...

Author: By Charles Steedman, | Title: Improved Dartmouth Six Will Face Varsity Today in Hanover Contest | 2/4/1956 | See Source »

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