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Word: locked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Radio and TV this year are taking over Christmas, lock, stock and carol. The procession of Scrooges began last week with Fredric March on CBS's Shower of Stars, and he was followed by a whole battery of Dickensian skinflints-Alastair Sim, Reginald Owen, Alec Guinness and the late Lionel Barrymore. Christmas drama also resounds with sleigh bells, seasonal cuteness and commercialized brotherhood. A run-through of the titles suggests the content: Christmas 'Til Closing, with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn; Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid, on Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Christmas Story, on San Francisco Beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Scrooged Again | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

with their entire membership. "We're going in lock, stock and barrel," bristled Vice President James R. (for Riddle) Hoffa, whose growingly visible power within his union suggests an undercover undercutting of Teamster Boss Dave Beck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Armistice at the Armory | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...Lord Jeff encounter, which the varsity won on a forfeit. The most positive answer was Pete Morrison's first bout of the year in the unlimited class. Morrison's 245 pounds took only 2.23 of the first period to flatten Tech's Ken Jones under an arm-lock body press...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: Improved Varsity Wrestling Team Defeats M.I.T., 29-2 | 12/15/1955 | See Source »

Meanwhile, police and fire officials have taken intricate security measures to keep the engine--pumper number two--under lock and key. Police cordons were set up around the fire station on Portland St. last night to keep photographers and reporters away. The fire station's personnel barricaded themselves behind locked doors and windows. "Nobody gets in," one fireman said...

Author: By Ernest A. Ostro, | Title: Cambridge Fire Engine to Migrate West | 12/14/1955 | See Source »

...arrested on a stolen-car charge following a wild police chase during which five shots were fired, Peter Rabbitt III, 20, blamed his heavy drinking and his long police record on his name: "Every time you guys ask me my name and I say 'Peter Rabbitt,' you lock me up for being a wise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

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