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Word: rolled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll." The man in the next seat smiled enigmatically. He was a little man with a pointed gopher head and big black glasses, and did not look the part of a spirit...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

...this era of the "roll-of-oilcloth" figure, high fashion decreed bosom-flattening brassi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Building up Bosoms | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...culture seems very much American-oriented; "hot" jazz, "rock and roll," and American movies dominate. The only calypso one hears outside of the tourist traps comes off of Belafonte records. (This isn't quite true. Calypso is native to Trinidad and is heard at great length at the spring festival there when hundreds of of tents spring up and one master alternates with another in competition in composing these engaging ditties...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The British West Indies: Federation | 11/15/1957 | See Source »

...wishes. Even the most progressive Moslem men seldom invite even close friends to meet their wives, particularly non-Moslem friends. At the American University of Beirut and Beirut College for Women, modern young Moslem girl students wear blue jeans, go water skiing, do the rock 'n' roll, and behave just like U.S. coeds. But the past is still with them. Their fellow male students complain that they cannot get dates. "I just want somebody to take to the movies," said one student last week. "Would you marry a woman who had been to the movies with someone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

WHRB rarely plays pop music or rock 'n' roll, despite their popularity, but this is at least justified. Almost every other AM station in the Boston area broadcasts popular music. Harvard students' source of entertainment, in this instance, is not dependent on WHRB...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hillbilly Music | 11/5/1957 | See Source »

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