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Word: jerk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Will some layman . . . kindly explain to us why Young America is part worker, part soldier, drives a red bicycle to the left of the road, is moving at a fast clip but getting nowhere, and isn't looking where he's going? Young America, my foot! This jerk is right out of the Kremlin. LEWIS WILLIAMS Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1951 | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

...Connally rumbled: "How could a President do anything at all if all you had to do was to station a man out in front of the White House and take down the name of anybody who went into the White House to see the President and then jerk him up before a committee and say: . . . 'Tell us what he said. Tell us what you said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACARTHUR HEARING: Political Squall | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

...happy, fine. But ... our relationship was never mad or romantic. I'm not the type of person to give anything to anybody for anything, if you know what I mean." However, her troubles with Sidney increased. He got "terribly jealous and possessive." Said she, reminiscently: "A real jerk!" And on top of that, he kept embarrassing her with more & more gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: I Never Knew ... | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

Only one man need by expended. Concealing himself in the nearby W.C. on some pretext until the appropriate time, all he need do is rush one or two shells tot he trusty longbore, jerk the lanyard, and the destructive deed is done. None of your flimsy cloak-and-dagger time-bomb plots--not on your life. Thanks to the keen vision of our forefathers, Harvard is now in a good position to strike a strong counterblow in its Battle for Survival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: If War Comes | 2/7/1951 | See Source »

...regain some of his lost lustre, Massios then went on the "clean and jerk" 300 pounds, while the assemblage beamed. Though master of ceremonies Bob Jones warned that George's form wasn't quite up to competitive standards, the crowd was happy: after all, a lift is a lift...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

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