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Word: sparking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Poon went on to attack the virility of the average Princeton man by including a section on fashions at Princeton. A quote from it reads, "Men at Princeton express their taste in lingerie by being oh so exact in details," lisps Mr. T. C. Spark, voted the best dressed man in Princeton...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Teapot Tempest: '26 Tiger-Crimson Game | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in the Kirkland-Winthrop game, an early touchdown provided the spark that carried Kirkland to a 12-0 victory over the Puritans. On the first play from scrimmage, Kirkland quarterback Dick Nye faded back and fired a spectacular 65-yard touchdown pass to Duane Hooker. Later in the first half, Hooker clinched the game for Kirkland as he tallied his second touchdown of the day, this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Wins at Football; Kirkland Gains Victory | 11/1/1957 | See Source »

...nuclei and force them to stay close together while an electric current heats them very hot. In practice, a magnetic bottle is some sort of glass tube, often doughnut-shaped, filled with rarefied deuterium. When electric current is shot through it in the proper way, a hot, thread-thin spark flickers briefly in the center. This is deuterium pinched together by magnetic force. It is many times hot enough to melt the glass of the tube, but it never gets to touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Toward Controlled Fusion | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...nephew, Richard Burton also gives an excellent performance, within a brooding role that provides no large chances for diversity. His speech is admirable, and he displays melancholy, boredom, and eventually honesty and a spark of life with great force...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Time Remembered | 10/24/1957 | See Source »

...Radcliffe could possibly gain control of the nine-member executive board. But Harvard U.N. Council President Philip Chartrand '58 says he is not worried. Chartrand is counting on the greater membership potential of Harvard to even out club ranks. He hopes that the appeal of a combined club will spark the membership drive planned for next semester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.N. Councils to Ask Dean Ballard To Grant Permission for Merger | 10/24/1957 | See Source »

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