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Word: jocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scrimmage, however, brought mixed reactions from both Yovicsin and several hundred spectators."My God, we're going to get blasted this fall," wailed one jock. Yovicsin was somewhat more hopeful...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Tricky Holy Cross Football Team May Give Crimson a Sticky Start | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...coal industry and angered by their seeming indifference to health and safety problems, miners in West Virginia walked off their jobs last winter in an unauthorized strike that supported legislation to compensate them for "black lung" ailments. Last week the rebellion moved into a new phase when Joseph A. ("Jock") Yablonski won the first round of his fight to oust W. A. ("Tony") Boyle, 64, from the $50,000-a-year U.M.W. presidency that he has held since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Challenger's Round | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...wear glasses, have a strap for them, and carry an extra pair." Contrary to liberated fashions, "women should wear bras, men jock straps or cups." Earrings are out, since they may be torn off in a scuffle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: Fighting Fashions | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

Newcombe was lying on the treatment table in the locker room at Longwood, Friday afternoon undergoing one of trainer Jock Semple's "greased-pig" massages, when Stolle stumbled in after dumping Ron Holmberg in the quarterfinals...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Longwood Success Fails To Dim Stolle's Life | 7/15/1969 | See Source »

Walking around Cambridge, Ince certainly doesn't look like your basic jock, not even your basic Harvard jock, a supposedly more refined species. He's strange in other ways, too. For one thing, Ince goes to church, which is enough to set anyone apart from the crowd these days. In addition, he seems to study fairly conscientiously during the term. This is not criticism, just bewildered observation...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/28/1969 | See Source »

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