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Word: kicking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with customary felinity, and no one else could ever give as much to the lines, "It depends on who's in the saddle." Other nice ones are, "I liked that...I' like more...that was even better," and Bogart growling elsewhere, "He'd knock your teeth in and then kick you in the stomach for mumbling...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: The Big Sleep | 3/17/1955 | See Source »

...first class fun," he recalls. "All you had to do was roll, kick, and play, and throw in a few agonizing grimaces while your opponent, or cohort, as the case might be, pretended to twist your ankle." To demonstrate he rolled up into a ball and twisted his leg much like a baby trying to put his toes into his mouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pickett Nears Five-Year Mark as Mat Coach | 2/25/1955 | See Source »

...censor murmured a word of objection. In Europe, however, the "atrocity" found approval for showing in only a few countries. A Hollywood expert has estimated that about four out of every five cuts are because of "that excess sadism." Both Britain and Australia are especially touchy about actors who kick dogs or beat horses. In a few countries the authorities fear violent scenes will incite action among the politically unstable, as in Indonesia, where the storming of the Bastille was omitted from all showings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movie Madness | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

...yard hurdles, Captain Bob Rittenburg and his sophomore side-kick, Joel Cohen, should finish one-two. Last year, Rittenburg, suffering from a foot injury, gamely won the broad jump, tied for first in the high jump, but staggered home last in the hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Faces Favored Yale, Princeton in Key Triangular Meet | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

...took over the lead and hustled through the first quarter in a man-killing 56.6 seconds. If he had his way, no one was going to get close enough to nudge him with a free-swinging elbow; neither Gunnar Nielsen nor anyone else was going to have enough kick left to catch him in the stretch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The One to Win | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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