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Word: rolled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lead role, co-author MacGrath is good, although not up to the high standards of the rest of the cast. It seemed to me that she used a bit more restraint than her roll called for. Without displaying aloofness for a calm, understanding interpretation, she misses the other extreme by not appearing so distressed as she might be when confronted with people who doubt her tale of reincarnation...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Fancy Meeting you Again | 12/6/1951 | See Source »

From the moment Alexander parked his Ford (a car he soon traded for a flashy Chrysler), the school became a teacher's nightmare. He packed a snub-nosed .38 pistol tucked in his waistband. He had a switch knife with which he picked his teeth. He flashed a roll of bills and spouted the fastest brand of jive talk his astounded classmates had ever heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Teacher's Nightmare | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...infant piglet's life is confused and dangerous, and mom is usually to blame. Some sows eat their young, and many roll on them or trample them to death. Another bad habit of sows is producing more pigs than they can feed properly. The average sow has only eight or ten teats (some of which may not be functioning), and she often farrows as many as 16 pigs. The runts and laggards that don't connect with a functional teat during their early mealtimes are gone pigs. Hunger makes them too weak to compete in later battles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pigs Without Moms | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...comfortably at home and watch the nation's top sports events. But it did little good for Kentucky fans. The N.C.A.A. TV Committee, despite the Department of Justice opinion, stood firm, and no one outside Lexington's stadium saw the nation's top-ranking team roll over Kentucky, 28-0, on its way to the Sugar Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Football Blackout | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

Berkeley scored twice in the second period, once in the third, and twice more in the fourth to roll over the Dunster team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Only Eliot, Winthrop Stave Off Elis | 11/24/1951 | See Source »

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