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Word: hops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...males in the cast give generally the most impressive individual performances, with Bruce MacDonald given highest honors because he cannot only sneer and hop, but sing. Benjamin Neilson, as the other Earl, is not troubled by this latter difficulty, but carries himself well and obscures none of the humor, which is all that counts. The Lord Chancellor, Arthur Waldstein, has an even less prepossessing voice, and occasionally his froggish hops seem uncertain and feeble, but he does manage some of Gilbert's speedier lyrics, all the while conveying a most Chancellorial wizenedness. Perhaps less sure of himself on stage...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: Iolanthe | 11/30/1956 | See Source »

FIRST NORTH-POLE FLIGHTS from Europe to Asia will start in February, cut 10,300-mile Stockholm-Tokyo hop to 8,000 miles, trim flying time from about 49 hours to 31 hours. Scandinavian Airlines System, which pioneered polar route between-Copenhagen and California, will fly two Far East round trips weekly over pole, make refueling stop at Anchorage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Nov. 26, 1956 | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...Leverett House, "Bunny Hop," Ted Benard's Orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Events | 11/23/1956 | See Source »

...wait for the necessary final consent from Egypt's Premier Nasser to assemble the first big contingent of policemen. He set up a U.N. staging area outside Naples, began assembling there 6,000 soldiers from Denmark, Norway, Canada, Colombia. Finland. India and Sweden, for the hop into the Suez area. As they got set. Russia put out a warning that its "volunteers'" would be "allowed" to go into the Middle East un less the British, French and Israeli forces withdrew from Egyptian soil. Red China joined in with talk of 250,000 "volunteers" (the difficulty of transporting them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: The Threat of War | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

...agreed that the decision was inevitable, since Britain has 'ho comparable jetliners, but angrily demanded to know what is being done to build them. Said the News Chronicle: "Things would be much better if there were signs that a British jetliner capable of crossing the Atlantic in one hop was on the stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Double Failure | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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