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Word: jam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...living in fear of war. It is in a jam in Korea, and unable right now to defend Europe. In one breath it begs its enemies to hold their fire; in another breath it confesses its own weaknesses. It does not want to get in trouble with anybody; it just wants brotherhood and peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: A Face to the World | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...gesticulating armies of children who will jam Central Park West and Broadway this week to see Macy's famed Thanksgiving Day parade were prepared for what could only be described as a Sensational Experience. Bands, clowns, floats and gigantic, inflated rubber animals were scheduled as usual. But Macy's, in one of its super coups, -had also procured the services of the noblest drugstore cowboy of them all-none other than television's black-clad, white-haired, 55-year-old William ("Hopalong Cassidy") Boyd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Kiddies in the Old Corral | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...crowded, and Pascin would be ready to paint. He worked quickly and easily. As his guests got gayer, his canvas would get greyer, misted over with the tender twilight sadness that characterized his art. At nightfall he would encase his prematurely aged body in a dapper black suit, jam a black bowler hat on his head and announce that he was ready to go out on the town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hot & Heavy | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

Jordan may be able to rig defenses to stop Davison, but any attempts to jam the middle will expose the Crimson to PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS: HARVARD PRINCETON Crowley (176) ie Reed (182) Toepke (196) lt Smith (210) Kanter (187) ig Hawke (185) O'Brien (210) e Finney (192) Rosenau (198) rg Clark (178) Connelly (200) rt Urschel (197) Rate (193) re Bunnell (195) O'Neil (190) qp Chandler (195) Lowenstein (152) ihb Kazmaler (168) Biltz (188) or Wardon (184) rhb Kielnsasser (164) West (203> fb Davison...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Undefeated Tigers Favored to Crush Crimson in Big Three Opener Today | 11/11/1950 | See Source »

Four buses will carry the band to Princeton tonight, according to manager Paul A. Lucey '51. Lucey has scheduled a stop at Yale, where the band hopes to awaken the town with a jam session at 2 a.m. At 7 a.m. the Crimson will arrive at Princeton and march around the campus, serenading the sleeping Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quick Repair Job Saves Band's Trip | 11/10/1950 | See Source »

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