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Word: leaned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Iran in September, natives told them about a herd of Dziggetais, the onager's Persian name. When the travelers saw a group of 30, they dashed in pursuit in a jeep. Potter said that the tactics used were to drive along side one of the running animals and then, "Lean out, hug him around the neck, and let him pull you out. He soon tires. Then you threw him to the ground and rope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Bulldogs Dziggetai | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...cheek tips to première-goers. Two important rules: never show up on time ("Gauge your timing according to your prestige; no self-respecting big star would dream of showing up by 8:30"), and provide "double insurance" ("By accidentally dropping a glove or handkerchief and starting to lean over to pick it up, a star can often put her best features forward for the photographers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cinema, Dec. 12, 1955 | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...Boston University sextet has begun its return to local hockey eminence after two lean years, but it is questionable whether the Terriers can yet match the Crimson. The faceoff for tonight's attempt at the Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored Crimson Faces B.U. Sextet At 9 p.m. Tonight | 12/9/1955 | See Source »

...Washington art gallery, was asked about the mystery of his aversion to capital letters. Said he precisely: "i use capitals ONLY for emphasiis. after all, that's what they were invented for, weren't they?" On departing to join "Operation Deepfreeze," his fifth Antarctic expedition, lean Rear Admiral (ret.) Richard Evelyn Byrd, 67, unwarily recalled: "No woman has ever set foot on Little America . the most silent and peaceful place in the world." By the time he reached Dallas on his way to New Zealand, lady pickets awaited him. In high good humor, they waved signs protesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...step ramp. When Guatemalan President Castillo Armas arrived to visit Ike, the Washington Post and Times Herald's Eddie Folliard went along, too. Later Folliard told the press corps: "It's obvious that he's lost weight, as the doctors wanted him to. He looks completely lean. His color is good. He has a ruddy look. His eyes seem clear. He was animated, as he always has been, a man in motion . . . lean and sharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Man in Motion | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

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