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Word: pounds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cairo, Colombo and Singapore he flashed ready cash, picked up all tabs, made a host of new friends, and moved on to Sydney, Australia. There he registered (as Hall) in the leading hotel and began entertaining lavishly. "The pound-a-minute bloke," his new friends called him. To the more sympathetic of them, Norman occasionally showed a picture of his wife. "My darling Barbara," he would say, "she died ten months ago." Sydney's ladies gave their sympathies. One of them was only too happy to have her picture taken with Morton-Stewart at a fashionable nightclub. The picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Same Old Charmer | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Rancho Dobe's Storm is a sleek, husky (92 Ibs.) Doberman pinscher who leads a pampered dog's life in suburban Cos Cob, Conn. (pop. 3,100). His nonworking day's routine includes an egg at breakfast, a pound of canned beef at dinner, a romp on the acres of his master, Adman Len Carey, a vice president of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, and a proprietary interest in sleeping on the bed of the Careys' 16-year-old son, Jeff. Every once in a while, for reasons that Storm may not fully understand, he is required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dog's Life | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Undefeated Johnny Lee, who moved up a class last week because of increasing difficulty in making the 123 pound limit, wrestles again at the 130 spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Engage Princeton Today; Tigers Hold Edge | 2/21/1953 | See Source »

Toughest individual matches facing the Crimson today will be in the 157 and unlimited classes. Chick Chandler faces Princeton's top wrestler, Don Rumsfield, in the 157 pound division, and George Bates wrestles champion Glass in the unlimited category...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Engage Princeton Today; Tigers Hold Edge | 2/21/1953 | See Source »

Frank Dewar, who has been in and out all season, is in today at the 147 pound class. Newcomer Ezra Ingalls holds down the 167 position for his first meet, and Kenny Culbert starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Engage Princeton Today; Tigers Hold Edge | 2/21/1953 | See Source »

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