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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bowling trophies attest to his ability, and when hippies get out of line, Tommy can mix with the best. Last year, for example, a stoned hanger-on entered Tommy's one night, leaped up on the counter, and tried to kick Tommy in the face. Tommy snatched his leg out from under him, dumping him back on the floor. The assailant smashed the first person to reach him. Moving out from behind the counter, Tommy took him by the neck, threw him down, and jumped on him. The Big Splash. Ten minutes later, when the cops arrived, Tommy was still...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...symbols to represent their candidacies because of the south's almost universal illiteracy, candidates beamed if they had drawn such favorable ones as an elephant or a cow, moaned if they had been assigned a picture of a bottle, which could offend Moslem teetotalers, or a disembodied human leg, which has connotations of cannibalism. In a few districts, no one was bold enough to present himself as a candidate; in almost all, dire threats were made against those who voted. For months, the south has been torn by a Mau Mau-like revolt among its 4,000,000 black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sudan: A Tolerant Young Man | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

Record 102 M.P.H. Indeed, ease and safety are part of ski bobbing's appeal. Nonskiers can master the sport in a day or two, learning to use their legs as shock absorbers while the bob dances freely beneath them. Since there are four points of contact with the snow, spills happen much less frequently than in skiing, and enthusiasts insist that it is virtually impossible to break a leg. Even when elated beginners go too fast and hit a bump, the worst that usually happens is a harmless wipe-out in soft snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Ski Bob Bobbing Along | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

Harvard is stronger and more fit than it has been all year. Jeff Huvelle, who was third in the IC's last week, could challenge young in the 600, if healthy Mark Johnson, whose leg has been bothering him all season, is also finally in shape. His chances are not so good in the broad jump, but a third of fourth is a possibility...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Army Threatens Trackmen in Heps | 3/11/1967 | See Source »

...Schollander nosed out Shrout in the 50-yard freestyle with a swift 22.0 clocking. He also swam a leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay, which Yale won on a come-from-behind effort by captain Doug Kennedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Overwhelm Swimming Team By 65-30 Score | 3/6/1967 | See Source »

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