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Word: jacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along streets lined with a military honor guard, the visitors rode to the President's Guest House, where they were quartered while in Washington. On Constitution Avenue, banners flapped gaily− except for the half-masted flag of South Carolina. Thus did his home state honor the late Jack Peurifoy, pistol-packing U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala who helped negotiate the cease-fire between anti-Communist Revolutionary Castillo Armas and the pro-Red forces he defeated in June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: State Visit | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...survivor that continues to race along in a well-worn rut is Dragnet (Thurs. 9 p.m., NBC). Jack Webb's face is still stony, his voice still flat and he still says, "My name's Friday. I'm a cop." Last week he was after a confidence man (and caught him, of course, within the prescribed 26^ minutes). The story, like all Dragnet stories, was authentic. It proved that authenticity is something that a discriminating storyteller can overwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...Knife. Clifford Odets gums away at some sour grapes and spits the seeds at Hollywood; with Jack Palance, Ida Lupino (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Nov. 14, 1955 | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...only score in the muddy contest came when quarterback Jack Hennessy was forced to kick from his goal line in the second period. Hennessy kicked the slippery ball out to the 25 yard line and Princeton attempted a pass. The Crimson was penalized for defensive holding on the play and the Tigers received a first down on the eight yard marker. In three plays they moved the ball down to the three and left halfback Gates Agnew plunged over for the Tiger tally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton JV's Defeat Crimson | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...Tigers crossed the goal line after a breakaway run by their scrum-half. Both teams took advantage of the gusty wind at their backs for long punts downfield, but hard tackling and an abundance of penalty kicks kept the score low. Crimson Captain Lionel Bryer, wings Bob Leet and Jack Linehan, and flyhalf Allen Hobson each played a good wet-field game, in their final match of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tigers Trip Crimson In Rugby Match, 3-0 | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

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