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Word: riverbank (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...savage blood beats a wild response to the dishonorable advances of that fascinating rascal, Peck. She tries ever so desperately to resist the bad man. She tries - and fails provocatively, in a low-cut bodice - first in the ranch house, and again on the rush-fringed riverbank, and several times in her own dimly lighted bunkhouse, and. even as she is dying, on a sun-scorched mountaintop. The audience eventually learns (thanks to the Johnston office) that Illicit Love doesn't really pay in the long run, but for about 134 minutes it has appeared to be loads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...took on sterner ways. A mild-looking animal who pulls the town's garbage wagon from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (with a half-hour break for lunch), Smokey indulged his passion for sandwiches only on Sundays and holidays when he was free to roam on the riverbank; once when a cautious lady picnicker hid her lunch under a coat, Smokey ate both lunch and coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: Situation in the Animal Kingdom | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Coach Mikkola had commented previously that last Monday's practice session on the cinders, which followed a week of cross country conditioning on the riverbank course, was the earliest spring workout in years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIKKOLA READY FOR ANDOVER MID-APRIL MEET WITH 70 MEN | 3/23/1945 | See Source »

Indoor training will be short-lived since balmy weather and fast-disappearing snow have prompted Mikkola to grant that "we may go out on the riverbank next week; and after that, as soon as the Freshman track dries out, enough, we'll get started on the cinders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 50 Men Report at Initial Cinder Drill | 3/9/1945 | See Source »

Varsity track practice will begin this afternoon at Briggs Cage, Coach Jaake Mikkola announced yesterday. "Since a lot of men have gone, leaving places open, everybody had a good chance to make the team. We will be able to get out on the riverbank quite soon and after that we'll shift to the Freshman track...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Initial Track Drills Called by Jaako | 3/6/1945 | See Source »

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