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Word: hob (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the Leverett House Dramatic Society took it upon themselves to tie three of his one-act plays down to the boards of their dining hall stage, they attempted a hob that has frightened several Broadway producers. On the whole, however, their efforts are quite successful. In one of the plays, they rise to a level very close to professional polish and capability...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Evening With Saroyan | 12/9/1955 | See Source »

...opinion, the best for scenic photography-was smashed beyond repair. A second of these cameras, tripod and all, went to its doom from the top of Rainbow Falls. But the third more than proved its worth in the Bitterroot Mountains, where the 40° below temperature would have played hob with roll film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publisher's Letter, Oct. 10, 1955 | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

...Played hob with his figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Victorian Valentine | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

Modern medicine now goes to the mind of the matter. A cirrhotic liver may fail to filter some nitrogen compounds which the body makes in the process of digesting protein foods such as meat. These compounds so affect the nervous system that a diet rich in protein will play hob with the intellectual power of such a patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Or, What You Will | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

Honestly, Celeste! (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS) lets Comedienne Celeste Holm play hob with a newspaper office and appears to have been created by the second-string writers of NBC's Dear Phoebe, which is also a situation comedy laid in a newspaper office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

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