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Word: locust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could make a basketball look like a BB shot in his vast paws), Martin began pole vaulting on a dare. Challenged by seventh-grade friends to enter the event in a school meet, Martin did-"and I was terrible." Humiliated, he walked into the woods, cut down a young locust tree and, using it as a pole, began practicing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Goose Flies High | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

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