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Word: spoonfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...standout place for a retardation could well be in the $5-billion-a-year program for subsidizing and spoon-feeding U.S. agriculture. But the Administration, full knowing that the current price-support program is a scandalous failure (TIME, Aug. 19), is afraid to attack revision in a congressional election year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Spending Heads Higher | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...piled finally into a decrepit hack. We fell into O'Neill's room some time about five. I had just purchased that day a copy of SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. When the dawn broke, I was sitting on a trunk, Elkins sprawled across the bed, O'Neill reading in his powerful, melancholy bass, poem after poem from that disturbing collection." --John V.A. Weaver, a classmate...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: George Pierce Baker: Prism for Genius | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Hard to Stomach. In Paso Robles, Calif., Theft Suspect James Jay Johnston, 21, rushed groaning to a hospital by worried patrolmen, was discovered to have two bedsprings, a belt buckle and a spoon handle in his stomach, explained: "I often eat things like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

...superb encomium to Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas. He did not need a silver spoon to find success; he did it with a $5 Bible and hard, conscientious work. He is doing an excellent job in Washington and we should elect him President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 17, 1957 | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

...drives. His approach shots were dead to the pin. His putter rarely missed. On the 15th his drive left him a 245-yd. carry over water to the green. "Mistuh Ford." said his caddy, "you better play it safe." "The hell I will, boy," said Ford. He swung his spoon, made the green and holed out for a birdie four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Finish | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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