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Word: romp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most satisfying gag is the filming of a TV commercial-a hilarious sequence in which the Hertz man is catapulted out of limbo and lands everywhere but in the driver's seat. The person who does land with solid comic authority in this otherwise tiresome and familiar romp is Actress Schneider, the gemutlich Viennese sex kitten who has purred beguilingly through more pretentious trifles, such as The Victors, The Cardinal and Boccaccio '70. But Lemmon, though adroit as always, is now well along toward proving that the most gifted of farceurs cannot build a really distinguished career simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Kitten for King Leer | 7/17/1964 | See Source »

...Club by 3 1/2 lengths, with a 7:12 clocking for the mile, 550 yard event. The Crimson had the situation so well in hand that they eased up their stroke to 28 for the final quarter-mile of the contest. On Wednesday the crew scored an equally easy romp over the National Provincial Bank Crew of London...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Oarmen Breeze at Henley | 7/3/1964 | See Source »

...this unhandsome man is strange indeed. He squashes his cigarettes precisely in the face of a figure printed on the kitchen ashtray. When in a little romp on the lawn she knocks over a pile of wood he has corded, he bellows a curse. When she says she is going in town for groceries, he twists her arm. And when in prying into her desk drawers he finds a revolver, he caresses it with his huge hands and pockets...

Author: By Jeremy Williams, | Title: A Stranger Knocks | 5/18/1964 | See Source »

Friday's 4-2 win over Cornell and Saturday's 10-3 romp at Penn gave the Crimson a 7-0 record in league play with two games left. Only Dartmouth (4-2) and Army (4-2) have a chance to catch the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Clinches Tie for League Title With Wins Over Cornell, Quakers | 5/11/1964 | See Source »

Shortstop Lucy Steele '65 belted a home run to aid the 'Cliffie romp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffies Roll | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

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