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Word: starter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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With that sort of material as a starter, the lobbying investigation promised well to become the year's liveliest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Eyes on the Lobbies | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...then, long-legged runners, stripped to their skivvies, lined up across the boards. The starter's gun cracked. Flying spikes and wide-swung elbows jammed up on the turns. But even before the winners' times were announced, the warmup boys were back on the track like late starters in the race just finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wonderful Whale | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

Cappy Cappon, Princeton's veteran coach, will probably start Dave Fulcomer, his outstanding sophomore center; Fred Perkins, Don Davidson, Ken MacKenzie, and either Captain John DeVoe or Ben Spinelli. Devoe twisted his knee in Friday's game and is a doubtful starter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Visiting Crimson Five Meets Powerful Princeton Tonight | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

...high scorer for Princeton, one of the top teams in the nation in floor and free throw accuracy, is captain John DeVoe, with a 15.8 average. Sophomore Dave Fulcomer, tallest starter, 6-6, averages 14.7, and Don Davidson, Ken MacKenzie and Fred Perkins all top 12. The Princeton offense is based on the "Princeton weave," a maneuver which works the ball in for close shots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Meets Tigers, Lions In Weekend Cage Contests | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...Self-Starter. In Limington, Me., while hanging up the sign for the local Masonic lodge's new, loudly touted health center, Worshipful Master Arthur Libby fell off the ladder, broke his right foot, became the center's first patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 30, 1956 | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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