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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Austere Rev. Dr. Alexander James Wilson, editor of the United Church Observer (circ: 38,000) in Toronto, heard about it, did some commendable leg work, found that Moo Cow was indeed listed (No. 15) in the young people's song sheet. Then he unleashed his righteous editorial wrath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nobody's Moo Cow | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

April. In Chicago, experimenting with some new jujitsu holds, Joseph Dwyer and Harry Stevens simultaneously broke each other's right leg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 31, 1945 | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

...newcomer saw a line of men double-timing along the walks. Even men who could barely walk, because of leg wounds received in combat, were forced to double-time to their cold, bleak barracks. Those who faltered were clubbed across the shins by guards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Crime & Punishment | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

...International the deal was a leg up toward turning Hollywood's big five (MGM, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, Warner, RKO-Radio) into a big six. It now has distribution guaranteed in the cushy foreign market, and a studio (Universal) in which to make pictures. All it has to do now is to turn out good pictures, and it has a good start in that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Glad Hands Across the Sea | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

Henry Lamar had nicer things to say about Pierce at the Boston Sportswriters' Luncheon yesterday at the Kenmore Hotel. As everybody knows, Chet suffered a minor leg fracture in the Tufts game and missed every succeeding game until Dick Harlow sprang him at New Haven...

Author: By James G. Trager jr., | Title: ONE LAST LOOK | 12/4/1945 | See Source »

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