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Word: knifings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...line moves slowly. Gradually he nears the metal cart: tray, spoons, knife, fork . . . anything else? Oh, gray card...

Author: By Anne Schneider, | Title: One Man's Meat | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

Whetstone. In Youngstown, Ohio, when an amusement-park age guesser overestimated Mary Bowie, 33, she whipped out a switchblade knife, spat threats at him, had to be disarmed by police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 23, 1958 | 6/23/1958 | See Source »

...parachute was unreefed and its powerful drag pulled the package a short distance away from the hot shell of the nose cone, preserving it from heat damage. Then a small, tough balloon popped out of the side of the package and was inflated with compressed air. An automatic knife cut its air hose, allowing the balloon to drag behind and making the chute take most of the shock of landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To Catch a Meteor | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...U.S.S.R. in the first swap of TV films under the new U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange program. At the moment. Sea Hunt is being dubbed in Russian. Soon Mike Nelson will be captivating the U.S.S.R.'s adventure lovers as he peers fearlessly through his mask, gurgles defiance, draws his knife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Off the Deep End | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...while before midnight the wound-up kids spilled into the streets. Just who was responsible for what happened next is a matter of dispute. All around the Arena common citizens were set upon, robbed and sometimes beaten. A young sailor caught a knife in the belly, and two girls with him were thrashed. In all, nine men and six women were roughed up enough to require hospital treatment. Boston police blamed Freed and his frenetic fans, but could not prove it, since they nabbed nobody. Freed's defenders pointed out that the Arena area has been the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Rock 'n' Riot | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

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