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Word: polye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Roly-poly (219 Ibs.) George Allen is a regular card. One of his favorite stories is about the time he was captain of a Cumberland University football team, beaten 222-to-0 by Georgia Tech. George likes to say that he made Cumberland's best run -"I only got...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Everybody Loves a Fat Man | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

Don't Look Now. The Post's rambunctious history began one day in 1895 when blue-eyed, roly-poly Harry Tammen, bartender at Denver's Windsor Hotel, strolled into the littered city room of the old Evening Post. At his side was a new-found friend, swarthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ep Hoyt & the Hussy | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

With Lou Decsi's 23 tallies setting the pace, Coach Stahl's crack five extended its new winning streak to three in humbling the hapless Worcester Poly quintet by a score of 68 to 47 Wednesday evening before a crowd of 400 at the Indoor Athletic Building. The Jayvees made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quintet Tops WPI 68 to 47 In Tune-up for Brown Tilt | 2/8/1946 | See Source »

In a Europe that is steadily congealing into collectivism, a middleaged, roly-poly, red-haired Italian is successfully preaching the gospel of individualism. His message: the future belongs not to the politicians but to uomo qualunque (the common man). Last week a stream of converts-horny-handed artisans, lacquered Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Common Men | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

And a reminiscent old story it is. A musical comedy star (Merle Oberon) sprains her ankle and is treated in her dressing room by a handsome French interne (Charles Korvin). Ah, Paris-with the horse chestnuts in bloom! Miss Oberon's touring troupe moves on, but she has decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 19, 1945 | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

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