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Word: propped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week, hobbling on a cane to prop a leg hurt on an Italian holiday last summer, the old Chancellor prepared to fly to London to persuade Britain that the Federal Republic has not put all its eggs in De Gaulle's basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Discontented Ally | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

...true member of his trade, went on to pay his respects to those whose tribute he accepts: "They don't even know how to sit at the table correctly. They think you should tie your napkin round your neck. Not all of them know that you should not prop your elbows on the table. Some come in without a tie or a jacket." In short, they lack class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Old Tribute | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Club vice-president Warren Young feels that the team can certainly match the opposition in rugby experience, and probably also in power. Two new men, freshman Bob Downing at outisde center and Dick McGugan at prop, round out an already powerful group, and give the Crimson its best fall squad in years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Squads to Seek Revenge In Games With Princeton Today | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...lesser peepers operate on IV. Hollywood sound stages, dominated until a few years ago by all sorts of B movies from gangster yarns to Abbott-and-Costello comedies, now harbor an endless succession of Private Eye productions (they are B pictures too, but nobody calls them that). Hollywood prop men account for more blank cartridges in a week than the L.A. police force can match with live bulletsin the line of duty in a year Everyone is getting into the act. At Warners, where TV production accounts for a large part of the company income, Private Eye shows pack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: These Gunns for Hire | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...scrum, veteran kicker Graham Russell and wing forwards Ted Frembgen and Dick Holmes are the standouts. With the return of Jim Keating, an excellent prop last spring, and Bob Embersits, Yale football captain two years ago, the scrum will combine power and speed with great experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Squad Shows Great Depth; Expects Strongest Season in Years | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

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