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Word: lefts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field, Sam Huff is an unassuming extravert with a reputation as a waitress kidder, a dislike for liquor (two beers make him woozy), and a quiet determination to get to bed around 10 every night. But the game has left more of a mark on him than the slightly twisted nose in his handsome, square-jawed face. Sometimes he worries that the mean streak he works up for his profession of violence will affect him permanently. "You've got to watch that you don't take it off the field with you," says Sam. "You get guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man's Game | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...game has also left Huff with strong pride in his playing reputation and a fierce desire to become one of the great defensive players in the history of the game. "There's no telling how good Huff can become," says one Giant official. "He's still far from his potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man's Game | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

What the new league needs far more than big talk is big players like Linebacker Sam Huff. Down in Consol No. 9, back in Farmington, W. Va., a monster engine pulls loads of coal out of the mine, and still has enough power left over to do half a dozen other jobs. Nickname of the engine: the Sam Huff Special. "By jingo," says the proud father of the finest linebacker in the world, "it pulls an awful load...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man's Game | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...modern idiom of reinforced concrete. As well as recalling the past, Tange believes his building must also "make an image of our new social structure." For Tange this means the new democracy in which citizens are now invited to become part of the government. To welcome them, he has left the garden open for concerts, set benches under the raised stilts, put promenades and a tearoom on the roof to emphasize "this penetration of government by the citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Japanese Architect | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Corbu was cozy about his plans for the center, borrowed a line from Wright: "It must grow from the inside out. The concept must be biological, not static. A beautiful seashell is not a façade; it is a shell. This is the essence of architecture." This left Harvard wondering whether it was getting a structure as beautiful as a conch or as homely as a clam. But as it would be his only showpiece in the U.S., Corbu could be counted on to make it impressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Corbu at Harvard | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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