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Word: nothingism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Plante had good reason to violate the code of his craft, which allows goalies mattresses of protection around their body and legs, but nothing over their faces to protect them from a hard-rubber puck driven at speeds up to 100 m.p.h. Result: pro goalies regularly contract what the trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masked Marvel | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

Nelson applauds Delaware's low-pressure approach to high-pressure football. His first-team players were all recruited from within 100 miles of Newark, practice a bare seven hours a week, think nothing of joshing with their coach, who still manages to look like an undergraduate, prefers Pepsi-Cola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Endicott 8-8511 | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

The most remarkable fact about consumer buying is that nothing seems to deter it. During both the recession and the steel strike, consumers held to their buying pace, thus bolstered the economy in a key area just when it needed support. Now, though personal income has leveled off, the consumer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Rolling in the Aisles | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

IN a shack in the railroad yards at Antigo, Wis. last week sat four railroadmen: a fireman, a conductor, a brakeman and a flagman. All together, they collect pay totaling $110 a day, not counting fringe benefits. Their job: doing nothing. Earlier this year, the Chicago & North Western Railroad decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: LOAFING ON THE RAILROAD | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

The railroads' chief case is against their 40,000 firemen, who have little or nothing to do in modern diesels. The roads argue that taking some 23,000 firemen off freight runs and yards alone would save them $200 million a year. They also want to change the mileage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: LOAFING ON THE RAILROAD | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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