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Word: squirts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Midway in the final period, Cornell capitalized on a Crimson fumble to score again. Ravenel let a handoff squirt out of his hands on the 33, and Bidwell, grabbing the ball in mid-air, moved to the 26. On the very next play, Marcello Tino's pass to Taylor was complete for the touchdown...

Author: By Mark H. Alcott, | Title: Cornell Overtakes Eleven, 20-16, As Last-Minute Pass Succeeds | 10/13/1959 | See Source »

...eleven tentative opponents, Old Earl's chief problem probably will be New Orleans' handsome, hard-working Mayor DeLesseps Morrison (TIME, Jan. 30, 1956), who lost to Long under an avalanche of upcountry votes in 1956. So confident is Earl of winning ("I wanna give that little squirt Della Soups Morrison one more beating") that he is even trying statesmanship. To a crowd gathered for a bridge dedication at Natchitoches he solemnly suggested that the Governor's office be put under civil service. Knowing Earl, remembering Huey, the crowd just laughed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Earl's Whirl | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...takes quite a bit of nerve," Alberg remarked, "for people to send out letters in their own behalf and not sign them, but this can be expected from members of the squirt-gun set." Long later explained that "one day, in the exuberance of spring, a member of the club brought in a water gun and we started squirting each other...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Anonymous Cards Urge HYRC To Disown Ex-President Peterson | 5/14/1959 | See Source »

...away from Otaru, in a bumpy California crossroads hamlet called Cressy (pop. 400), chunky little Chiyoko Suzuki began her rehearsals for Flower Drum just 28 years ago. Youngest of a fair-sized Japanese-American family (a brother twelve years older, and two sisters, eight and ten years older), "Chiby" (Squirt) Suzuki was a loner from the start-a kid who seemed to figure she was expected to take care of herself. She went to a two-room schoolhouse, rode horses bareback, learned to swim in irrigation canals on her father's 100-acre farm, and talked Spanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BROADWAY: The Girls on Grant Avenue | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

...find Joy Buzzers, Trick Squirt Badges, Rubber Hunting Knives, Soap Cigars, Soap Pickles and Soap Chocolates, Exploding Fountain Pens, Plate Palpitators, and Shoe Squeakers. There are Imitation Gold Teeth, Cuckoo Clothes Brushes, Rubber Swollen Thumbs, Bunged Up Eyes and Joke Teeth and Tongues. There are, of course, Itching Powders, Jumping Fleas, Crying Towels and Whoopee Cushions. There is soap that turns your face black, soap that is rubber, cheese that is soap, and cigars that are cheese. There are Snake Candy and Jam Jars. There are Shimmy Inspector Badges. There are Exploding Cigar Boxes, Agitating Match Boxes, and Chameleon Dice...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: From a Kazoo Kulture To Wheaties Democracy | 12/4/1958 | See Source »

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