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Word: mule (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the road has run out of track in the 40-mile stretch between Epitaph and Dead Horse Point. With one reluctant paying passenger (Dan Dailey) firmly tied to the locomotive, a caravan headed by a sharpshooting lady peace officer (Anne Baxter) sets out to haul the engine by mule to the point where the track begins again. Among those along for the ride: Madame Adelaide and her dance-hall girls (who can dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 15, 1950 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

When Multimillionaire Southwest Oilman William H. McFadden told his agents to hire the best guides available, they lost no time signing up bearded, barrel-chested, Bible-reading Ben Lilly, 64, the most indefatigable hunter of bears and mountain lions in the West. With four mule-drawn wagons and a small army of dogs, horses, pack mules, cooks and a photographer, McFadden and a party of his friends started north. Hunter Ben Lilly's chief mission: "To get McFadden a chance at a grizzly bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Last Mountain Man | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

Master's Voice. In Newark, Ark., a span of mules heard the opening bars of Mule Train over a nearby jukebox, broke into high gallop at the first "Hiyah," scattered and splattered their load of plows all across town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 8, 1950 | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...remember and what exists. In crowded places like Coney Island I see how a man sits, how he looks at his children. On a trip south I see how a road turns. In Chattanooga last year I stood for two days in a filthy dump to paint a mule-my shoes are still in Tennessee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Storyteller | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

When confronted with a talking mule, the picture's Army men do a double-take. Francis' feat of standing at attention with his tail pointing straight up inspires the same reaction. Situations like these are faintly amusing the first time; they are tiring when repeated every few minutes. Francis' superior intelligence marks him as a natural leader, but his rise is mulishly slow and painfully drawn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Francis | 3/24/1950 | See Source »

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