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Word: mocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...look just like the maid we had last year, and I thought maybe well, they have endowments for ice-cream and other things, I though that just maybe." He broke down again, and went back to brushing the rug with his hand. Here and there a tear splattered the mock-Persian design...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toil and Trouble | 10/22/1954 | See Source »

...defensive unit practiced with moderate success against mock Cornell T-plays run by Norm Shepard's junior varsity squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wingback Lewis Scrimmages Again As Crimson Practices for Cornell | 10/7/1954 | See Source »

There was the Intourist guide in Kiev, giving me a steely grin of mock solicitude a few minutes after we met and murmuring: "And do you think Senator McCarthy will really be able to prove your last President was a traitor secretly helping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSURE FROM EUROPE: How McCarthy Hurt the U.S. Cause | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

With mixed parts, mock science-fiction, spoof world government and vibrant nationalism, the film blends its "Yank (et al) Go Home" theme with broad comic touches. Most of the laughs are elementary, not far removed from slapstick. But they are so well timed and startling, often coming in the middle of a propaganda speech, that they are quite good...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: April 1, 2000 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...issue reportedly originated, however, with the publication of an advertisement in another student weekly, the Rampart, which was submitted by an organization not on the List. This advertised a mock trial of Senator McCarthy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors Fight With Officials Over Control of News Policy | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

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