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Word: kicking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Error of the fatal flaw," my foot! And I fain would use it (the foot) to kick the gobbledygook-talking diplomats in their hindsight. Only Lattimoronic "experts" could have failed to foresee the calamity that was bound to result from letting the Mao mob become the rulers of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 29, 1951 | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...bounce along. Unfortunately, Quorum itself has little bounce. Except for the old-school labor leader, Author Bentley's characters are inert symbols of her social scheme, with neither individuality nor idiosyncrasy. Transparently plotted and written in muttony English, Quorum is the sort of novel that may give more kick to a rummaging social historian of the future than to today's American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Yorkshire Contrasts | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Most honored of the Crimson is junior Ronnie Berman, whose performances to date have won him an invitation to enter the Prout 600--probably the outstanding event on the Garden schedule. Berman, a good crowd runner with a fine finishing kick, will have his work cut out for him. The work will be provided by Olympic 400-meter record holder Arthur Wint of Jamaica, indoor and outdoor A.A.U. champions Hugo Maioeeo and George Rhoden, and Morris Curotta, a 400-meter finalist in the Olympics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Bids for K. of C. Titles | 1/19/1951 | See Source »

Michigan relied almost entirely on fundamentals. Its blocking was savage, yet exercise, its running hard, its quarterbacking shrewd. The Wolverines dropped the kick-lateral series, concentrating on the power running of fullback Don Dufek and to passing--from the double wing--of Chuck Ortmann...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/16/1951 | See Source »

...Chronicle: "Dis is wot de gwown-ups sing, diddums." Disc Jockey Costa had received several mildly abusive letters from anti-puddy-tatters. Sample: "Take a firm grip on your puddy-tat record, face the exit, then bend down with your back to the record that gives you the greatest kick." Asked if he felt any guilt for his part in launching Britain on its current baby-talk rage, Costa looked hurt. "Not at all," he said. "I believe in giving the people what they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What the People Want | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

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