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Word: ribbing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...smallest possible circumference. "Cinch" will probably become a generic term, however, for any belt playing a prominent role in costuming, including the classic brass-buckled leather belt as well as the shaped belt which tucks in at the waistline and spreads out to cover part of the rib cage above and emphasize the hips below...

Author: By George S. Abramfs, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: It's A Cinch--The Hottest Seller on the Market | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

Londoners will queue up for anything from a prizefight to a prime rib, but this time they established a record even for London: they queued up to start a queue. Carrying blankets and food, the first of them began lining up outside the Royal Festival Hall 60 hours in advance. They were allowed to sleep overnight in a corridor. Then the real queue began in front of the box office. In such fashion last week, London music lovers awaited the first English appearance since 1939 of Arturo Toscanini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toscanini Takes London | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...other nuns, under the vivid suggestion of their prioress' example, found themselves with demon: here Leviathan in the center of a forehead; there, Enemy of the Virgin in the neck; Asmodeus (in Hebraic lore, king of the demons) snuggled in a groin; Concupiscence at home in the left rib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Devil with the Women | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

Broke every single rib of Jake Kilrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Sep. 22, 1952 | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Frozen Feet. It was Dave Harrah's voice, and it had a tale to tell. Dave and Jim had reached the summit by traversing an 18-in. snow rib that ran for about 300 ft. Coming back, they had stopped a moment-letting the rope that bound them together go slack-for Jim to snap a shot of the summit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ordeal in the Sky | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

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