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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pennsylvania Dutch Governor Guy J. Swope decreed no congas or rumbas at the reception in the ancient La Fortaleza-nothing more venturesome than a waltz. Reason: WPAsters readying the floors for the occasion had put on such a high polish that a pre-inaugural visitor slipped and broke her leg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 17, 1941 | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...that it's a kind of musical commentary on a great intellectual movement with all sorts of social implications thrown in. Be that as it may, and whatever jazz might represent, it's certainly deserving of more dignity than a few phoney press releases loaded with leg...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 2/15/1941 | See Source »

Captain Frannie Powers' 54.3 win in the 100, Brad Patterson's 105.1 total in the dive, and Frank Gorman's second in the 440 were the highlights of the Crimson triumph. Backstroker Dick Harris did the free-style leg of the medley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROVIDENCE BOYS SUBMERGED 53 TO 22 | 2/13/1941 | See Source »

...letter from a trusted aficionado there, and this man's account ran as follows: Balderas had indeed had a great success with his first bull. . . . But before he killed, he was caught and tossed. He was not gored, but the horn had ripped one leg of his breeches. He was thus behind the barrera, having the tear mended, when the next bull, drawn by one of the two other matadors, came out. . . . Balderas decided to go out and take the bull over. ... He need not have done this, and that is the essential tragedy of his death. At this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1941 | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...morning of the seventh day they finally sighted a British warship. With the help of fleet officers and ratings, the tired crew covered the last two-day leg into the Clyde. Still in the San Demetrio's tanks were 10,000 tons of oil, valued, with the freight cargo, at ?60,000. The ship herself, almost new, was worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: 16 Men & A Burning Ship | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

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