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Word: sportiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Peugeot's $2,230 model 204, sportiest of all the French lines, a handsome, Italianate design, has a smaller engine than the Volkswagen but at its 86 m.p.h. top speed is 10 m.p.h. faster than the beetle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Safety Second | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

Londoners are among the world's sportiest gamblers, willing to wager on everything from the greyhounds to whether or not the sun will shine (a hazardous bet, since the daily mean is only 4.16 hours of sunshine in the city). The Clermont Club, Crockford's and the Curzon House Club are the kings of the $3 billion-a-year fever, reigning over tables at which men and women do not gamble because they are on holiday, as they might at Deauville or Baden, but as part of their casual daily entertainment. It is not exceptional to see players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: You Can Walk Across It On the Grass | 4/15/1966 | See Source »

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