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Word: pounds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Therefore, he will have Tom Myers, normally a 115 pound man, at 123. Although the senior has been a member of the squad for three years, and Pickett regards him highly, there has been no weight class...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Wrestlers Launch New Season; Squad Faces Dartmouth Today | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

...wake of the country's worst combination of floods, drought and famine in nearly a decade, Communist administrators had taken to including sweet potatoes in weighing out the daily pound of rice. Farmers, with a bitterness that only a Chinese can fully appreciate, had coined a saying: "Sweet potatoes and noodles are the rice of socialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED CHINA: The Rice of Socialism | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

...Merchant of Venice (Caedmon, 2 LPs), is a rousing production containing Michael Redgrave's controversial Shylock, who demands his pound of flesh from Antonio in a thick and rather phony Jewish accent that is neither gefüllte fish nor fowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Spoken Word | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

...pound Vanguard contains a six-inch satellite with a radio voice which the Navy hopes to put into orbit at a speed of 18,000 miles an hour...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Navy's Vanguard Rocket Ready To Fire First American 'Moon'; Defense, Aid Budgets Expanded | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

...pound senior was the over-whelming choice of 1,267 sportswriters and sportscasters taking part in nation-wide balloting...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Texas A. & M. Star Gets Heisman Trophy | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

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