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Word: slots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Make Mine Mink (Rank; Continental). Terry-Thomas is a minor British comedian with a mouth like a disappointed mail slot, gaunt but somehow flaccid cheeks, cavernous eye sockets containing soggy blue objects that look as if they had sat all night in a glass of water, self-energizing mustaches, and a gap between his two front teeth that has earned him a reputation in English restaurants as a man who can eat peas with his teeth clenched. He has mastered the wax-fruity manner of the pushy little pip-pipsqueak, up from dreary digs, who would dearly love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Comedies | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...good musical. Its top draws, Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker, greatly compensate for how little else-actually, just the best lyrics-is top drawer. But other things prove of use; and the general setup-Silvers as a little man aching to be a big shot and inducing some old slot-machine racketeers to muscle in on jukeboxes-has a promisingly raffish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Musical on Broadway | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...Crimson wrestlers gained the remainder of their point total with Red Grant's point victory in the unlimited weight division and with a draw by Ernie edmundson in the 167-pound slot. Grant's victory in the heavy weight class was one of the few solid showings by a Harvard grappler all evening. After almost pinning his opponent early in the third period, the Crimson junior went on to shut out his Engineer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M.I.T. Defeats Wrestlers, 16-11; Estabrook, Grant, Doub Triumph | 12/8/1960 | See Source »

...only letterman on the first team besides Estabrook is Doub. Senior Serge McKhann, presently on probation, is expected to return to his 147-lb. slot, however. The other lettermen on the squad are Lee Freeman and Steve Schults...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Varsity Opens Season With Encounter at M.I.T. Tonight | 12/7/1960 | See Source »

...diagram). As long as they stay that way, he is doing all right. But if the white lights turn pink or red, he is approaching too low. If the red lights turn pink or white, he is too high. He has plenty of time to get in the slot. Even with brilliant sunlight competing with the lights, they can be seen more than four miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Lights for the Slot | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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