Word: matings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...After getting a $12,000 federal grant to study "the unconscious factors in courtship and mate selection," Dr. Robert F. Winch, a 40-year-old Northwestern University sociologist, explained what he meant. He had a hunch that love sometimes tricked people into marrying the wrong types and said that he proposed to study 25 wedded couples to ascertain their "hidden needs"-unconscious demands that must be satisfied if marriage is to succeed. The doctor, a married man himself, hoped to report in 18 months...
...style tour through the provinces had left him pale and exhausted. Three nights before, he had made his last campaign speech in Waltham-stow and sat on the platform afterwards with head in hand, too beaten to do more than stare in mild astonishment as a rabble-rousing platform mate ranted about "millions in America who can't afford to buy butter." Election night he went to a local Socialist club to hear the returns. He sat with his back to the board, seldom turning to watch it. Every now & then Mrs. Attlee would glance at the results...
...Pete Hill are the foundations on which Hyde has built as tough a defensive line as Closed is likely to meet all year. The non-coaching Frank Leahy teams with Hill--one of the least trappable tackles in the House League--while "Killer Bill" Frank is Ichiti's running mate at guard. Ken Eddy and "Rabbit" Dowahare are the tough ends...
...Refused openly to consider Douglas as a running mate...
...even a defense good enough to bottle both the passing and the inside running threats has fatal trouble stopping the effective outside running of such a back as Merz and his hard-hitting running mate. Bob Engel. In this offense, it is the outside, rather than the inside man who keeps the defense "honest," and the opposing coach twitching...