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Word: icing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...profane; the theme turns more than dubious, it turns dull. And the telling in Tunnel is no help. In dealing exclusively with errant husbands, expectant wives and unwed mothers, it is essential that there be a light touch that leaves no smudge, a swift skating tempo that outrides thin ice. The Tunnel of Love gives even its brightest remarks the neon lighting of the wisecrack instead of the sheen of wit; it makes its stork deliveries not swoops from the housetops but road-rumbling, door-banging trips by United Parcel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 25, 1957 | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...strong wind made playing difficult as players skating down upwind would often be met with a snow flurry blown up from the ice. The rink was the smallest the varsity has played on this year and the Ephmer took good advantage of this in the first period by getting stveral breakaways. In previous games, the speedy Crimson defensemen have usually been able to catch up with these breakaway attempts, but the size of the rink made this increasingly difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Defeats Williams Sextet in Easy Win, 7-2 | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

These averages are derived by the prescribed ICC Uniform System of Accounts, which Ladd accused of "retarding the development of good management cost data." One ICC account combines water cooler ice, car cleaners' wages, detouring costs, and eye and ear tests for trainmen into one figure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expert States Railroad Cost Data Dubious | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

...although Williams coach Bill McCormick reports that his squad this year is "my best in the past three seasons," the score will probably be about the same. The only real reason for any Williams optimism today is the fact that they will be playing on their own ice--an outside rink with an unpredictable surface...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Sextet Favored to Defeat Williams | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

...good defenses. Bud Higgen bottom's recovery from a cracked ankle in time for the B.C. game has enabled Weiland to put him at center in the third line. Besides vastly improving this line, it also gives Weiland the opportunity of having a comparatively fresh forward wall on the ice at all times...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Sextet Meets Dartmouth Tonight, Needs Win for N.C.A.A. Position | 2/16/1957 | See Source »

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