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Word: kicking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only for a short time during the third session did the Green put any pressure on Crimson goalie Brad Richardson, and then he came through with several fine kick-saves to keep the shut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Crushes Indian Six, 5-0, in Easy Match | 1/13/1953 | See Source »

...same kind of opposition (a total of 48 yds. through the hard-tackling Wisconsin line), Southern Cal turned to another football fundamental: the booming punting of Southern Cal's Desmond Koch, who broke a Rose Bowl record with one 72-yd. boot, averaged better than 50 yds. a kick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Broken Jinx | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...Camarda-went on as usual. Anastasia was not even brought in by O'Dwyer for questioning. Rank & file members of the A.F.L. union, witnesses testified, had to pay their dues to gangsters who simply appropriated them. They were rarely allowed to hold meetings. They not only had to "kick back" up to 40% of their salaries for the privilege of getting work, but to contract for haircuts at a certain shop (which they were not allowed to enter) and to pay exorbitant prices for wine grapes from certain favored dealers whether they wanted to make wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Nine Hundred & Forty Thieves | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...sixth floor, who came to the paper when Kauffmann did, 31 years ago. Alongside Editor McKelway, 57, sat a Negro press helper who got a job on the Star in 1920, when McKelway came to work for the paper. For the occasion, the Old Lady showed she could still kick up her skirts. To the "Live a little" tune, the Star promotion manager good-naturedly needled the staff: "You've got to lie a little, boast a little/You've gotto make like the [Washington] Post a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Old Lady of Washington | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...supposed to be a polite show of public approval, making the country look democratic enough to be a suave, suitable host at the tenth Inter-American Conference of nations next year. Instead, the military junta suffered a stunning defeat-then gave an amazing demonstration of how to break promises, kick democracy in the teeth, and cling to power by force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Surprise for the Junta | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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