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Word: nosedives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such veterans as a 1906 Model K Ford, a 1923 Kissel and a 1925 Alvis made each lap with ease. As far as the spectators were concerned, they were merely pace setters. The crowd was all with Tusek and his scorched, drum-nosed Steamer. Desperately, he got up at dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Great Steamer | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

As the cruise ship nosed its way through the Isles of Greece, stopping daily to give the tourists a chance to see the sights by bus or on muleback, royal teen-agers hacked around like any other kids, squirting each other with pop, staging impromptu Olympic games in ancient stadia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Family Reunion | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

"Feet in the Fire." The team of Martin and Halleck is a powerful combination. While Martin is making tactful requests, Charlie Halleck. ruddy-nosed and glint-eyed, is charging up and down the aisles of the House chamber, telling his troops, "Damn you, you've got to be with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lord of the Citadel | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

Arkansas. Senator John L. McClellan, 58, survived his first close scrape in twelve years by a majority of some 4,500. The runner-up, Fair-Dealing former Governor Sid McMath, 41, ran out of campaign funds; to pay for a final ad, his staff had to pass the hat around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Same Old South | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

At the birth of Man Singh, a son of the proud Thakore clan in India's northern Agra district, a Brahman priest predicted that he would one day grow up to "become a terror to kings." But as a boy Man Singh was remarkable only for his mild and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Terror of Kings | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

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