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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McLellan's duties as a snitch for the Washington Star [May 10] certainly must keep her on the run, since she seems to have developed a third leg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, May 31, 1976 | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

...Meat went right to his head. After only one roast boar he'd begin talking wildly about what he'd do to the Romans. I remember once, when two or three of us were aboard his five-man kayak on the Rhine, he stood up, shaking his leg of antelope, and boasted how he was going to get those effete unprintables! He had a carving knife in his free hand and this really sincere look in his eyes, and I don't know what would have happened if the kayak hadn't tipped over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Attila's Inner Circle | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

When the show began, the Great Vashek did dizzying spins on a high wire near the tent's apex. Doris Naughtin smoothly handled the family's motorcycling bears-one of whom had broken her husband's leg just three days before. Pat Anthony turned his eight lions and four tigers into tabbies. The aerial artists performed miracles with no safety net below. When 45 tons of elephants came thundering through the sawdust for the grand finale, the kids could almost reach out and touch their quivering flanks. The pachyderms reared up on their hind legs, unrolled their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: The Circus: Escaping into the Past | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

McCulloh said "my form is really awful" but that he now tries to drive his inside leg up, moving his hips higher and allowing them to leap that extra inch. He said this finally "clicked in my head the past few weeks, and I've jumped well since then...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: 'Nothing' Works for McCulloh, Harvard's Other High Jumper | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

There were other heroes in the meet. Sprinter Todd Hooks set the tone of the meet with three upset victories over Army star Jesse Owens, including a come-from-behind anchor leg in the 440 yard relay, the first running event...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: Harvard Track Team Destroys Army, 99-55; McCulloh Qualifies for '76 Olympic Trials | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

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