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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came through. A secretary said: "The president will talk to you now." I had just introduced myself when I heard a wild scream as the back door slammed. A second later some little cowboy came pounding up the stairs as fast as his short legs would carry him. With a sinking feeling, I realized that the chase was on. I clamped my hand over the phone to keep out the noise, and braced for the onslaught. I knew what was coming because I had been through this before. I stuck out a leg to bar the door and nearly lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...Fort Benning they stopped briefly for a light lunch and inspection of their grandchildren's tree, while Major John Eisenhower observed the Army's tradition that an officer eats Christmas dinner with his troops. Then, with all the family aboard, they flew off again on the last leg of the trip to the Augusta National Golf Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: I'm Not Mad at Anybody | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Mary Maloney was a tender, loving wife, but when her policeman husband tried to leave her, she crushed his skull with the nearest thing at hand: a leg of lamb fresh from the freezer. Without quite knowing it, Mary had committed a perfect crime. Before the commiserating police have finished their investigation at the Widow Maloney's house, the murder weapon has been cooked and eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: British O. Henry | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Mary's little leg of lamb is an unusual weapon, but no more unusual than Roald Dahl's plots. Someone Like You is a collection of 18 of the 37-year-old Briton's quietly savage tales. They are.often macabre and always bizarre, involving chicanery, murder, dismemberment or some more commonplace drawing-room horror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: British O. Henry | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Dick Wharton won the 600-yard run without much effort, tied for second in the high jump, and led off the victorious mile relay team to earn 7 1/4 points. Jim Cairns led the field home in the 1000-yard run and ran the third leg on the mile relay. Jim Polese placed second in both the 50-yard dash and the 45-yard high hurdles. In the 35-lb, weight, Pete Harpel met little opposition and won handily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '57 Track Team Routs Tufts In Third Victory of Season | 12/17/1953 | See Source »

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