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Word: stewing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Swift's; and in Black Mischief (1932), a hilarious and still timely tale of emerging Africa and declining England, his feelings find blackly humorous expression: the British hero, inquiring after his British sweetheart in an African town, is cheerfully informed that she was the principal ingredient in the stew he has just eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

...Ankrah got on the horn and was told by the operator: "I'm sorry, the lion is busy." "Rhino what you're up to," he roared, with the phone still Ringling in his ears, "but I don't know vulture doing it for." In a frightful stew, Ankrah headed for the waterfront zoo (known as Hyenasport) for an on-the-spots investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: Fangs a Lot | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

...oldtime vaudevillian who had played in more than 100 movies and Broadway shows before finding instant fame in the '50s as irascible Landlord Fred Mertz in TV's I Love Lucy, where he stayed for all 214 episodes, though he soon found the show "like eating stew every night-stale and not a bit funny"; of a heart attack; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 11, 1966 | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...Princeton, Stew Marr (seven) and John Duer (nine) blitzed Harvard's Peter Brooks and Gordon Black by 3-0 scores...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Princeton Stuns Harvard Squash Team, 5-4 | 2/10/1966 | See Source »

Where Princeton might pull a couple of wins is in the middle of the lineup. Junior Nick Kourides (the only non-senior in the Tiger top six), a surprisingly Improved Bill Reed, and Stew Marr. They'll face Steve Simpson, Stapleton, and Peter Brooks in the fifth sixth, and seventh matches...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., MATCH TIME: 3 P.M. | Title: Princeton Racquetmen Will Try To End Crimson Winning Streak | 2/9/1966 | See Source »

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