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Word: jumbos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spite of an exceptionally deceptive T attack in the Jumbo backfield, the forward wall of Stu Hershon, captain Bob Shaunessy, Jim Keating, Bob Foster, Harold Anderson, Pete Briggs, and Hal Keohane stood its ground and brought down any ballcarriers who happened to come their way, without needing much help from the secondary...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Crimson Eleven Outscores Tufts in Scrimmage Here | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

...work revolves around an extraordinarily fascinating and complex young woman named Virginia, who is tormented by "three white nightmares," all personified on stage. Virginia undergoes before our eyes a sort of psychoanalysis, though there is fortunately none of the professional mumbo-jumbo that normally accompanies such matters. She finally manages to exorcise the tormentors; thus the title of the play not only designates its physical locale but also symbolizes the catharsis of Virginia's crowded, confused mind...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A Summer Drama Festival: Tufts, Wellesley, Harvard | 9/18/1958 | See Source »

...child to the motherhood of the jungle. The pristine Tarzan of the screen who hated all white men-although his name, in Burroughswahili, meant white (tar) man (zan)-is now the champion of modern medical science. Tarzan 1958 knows a simple defense against the slings and arrows of mumbo jumbo. His prescription: "Take pill quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bongo Bongo Boffo | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

Virginia undergoes before our eyes a sort of psychoanalysis, though there is fortunately none of the professional mumbo-jumbo that normally accompanies such matters. Through this process Virginia manages to exorcise the mental tormentors and thoughts of suicide, until she can at the end rejoice, "It is pretty here!" Thus, the title of the play not only designates its physical locale but also symbolizes the catharsis of Virginia's crowded, confused mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Clearing in the Woods | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

Something Special. One Russian asked if he could examine the instruments, as if there might be something special about them. The Russians were swept away by the Philadelphia's sheer lush quality, while the Americans, who scheduled twelve jumbo-sized concerts in 13 days, were nearly swept away by the effort of putting them on night after night. Ahead lay four more performances in Leningrad before the Philadelphia moved on to Scandinavia, Poland and Western Europe, winding up its 14-nation tour next month at the Brussels World's Fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Not Enough! | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

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