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Word: pounding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sbord, Cokes and aquavit, sang folk songs around the grand piano in the salon, watched documentary movies about New York, baseball and Hawaii. It was 2 a.m. when the party broke up. As the happy guests filed out, each received from hostess and host a pound of American-brand coffee, a rationed and prized rarity in Denmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHANCELLERIES: Cokes & Smorgasbord | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...fleet-foot of the six in recent games has been the 150-pound Hubbard, who was elected captain after the Brown game and went on to score a goal and two assists against the Green at Hanover and pull the three-goal "hat trick" against Belmont Hill...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/31/1950 | See Source »

Last week the Senate: ¶ Defied the butter lobby by repealing the 48-year-old federal tax of 10? a pound on colored oleomargarine, and ¼? a pound on uncolored. In the heat of debate, Wisconsin's butter-loving Alexander Wiley pleaded with his colleagues to remember that "the dairy cow is the foster mother of the race." The Senate granted only one concession to the butter makers: oleo would have to be sold in triangular instead of rectangular packages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Revolt that Failed | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...former Harvard wrestling captains also won titles. Don Louria, now attending the Medical School, won one match on default and gained a 4 to 1 decision over Joe Cardinucel to defend his 191-pound championship. Pete Fuller, competing in the heavyweight division, also took one match on default, scored a 3 to 0 decision in the semi-finals and pinned Dick Towel of Providence in the second period of the finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Johnny Lee Wins AAU Mat Crown | 1/28/1950 | See Source »

Another freshman, Bud Adams, reach the finals of the 135-pound class before losing a referee's decision to Dick Shorp of Williams. Shorp had already eliminated Icko Iben, Harvard's third freshman entry, by a similar decision in the semifinals. Shorp's brother outpointed Dave Smith, the Crimson's only varsity entrant, 5 to 3, in the 145-pound class semifinals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Johnny Lee Wins AAU Mat Crown | 1/28/1950 | See Source »

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