Search Details

Word: nits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Henry Livings, is about Valentine Brose. He lives in a boiler room. He is a nit. His wife lives in there too. She is a nut. He is funny. She is funny. So is the play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Apr. 7, 1967 | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

...more exciting was Saturday afternoon's NIT final, in which Southern Illinois beat Marquette, 71-56. The Salukis are probably the best team east of the Mississippi and play the brand of ball that can make college basketball second to nothing for excitement. Led by Walt Frazier, as complete a ballplayer as you will find, the Southern Illinois jumping jacks exhibit the "Big D" defense that makes every pass a challenge...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: The Sports Dope | 3/20/1967 | See Source »

...Cervantes' classic, a Spanish "knight" fights a windmill-and loses. In Henry Livings' farce, a British nit challenges a boiler-and the boiler loses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Mar. 17, 1967 | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

...other semi-final game, ninth ranked B.C. (20-2) meets St. John's (22-3). St. John's upset B.C. last year in the first round of the NIT, so the Eagles will be gunning for revenge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Meets N.C. In Eastern Regionals | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

...Henry Livings' running assault on logic, the glorification of a British "nit," a living non sequitur whose code of life is "Bim bom ban on the brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 30, 1966 | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next