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Word: stick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...often as dogs appear, and it is quite often, they never convey meaning so effectively as when balanced by rabbits. Normally, rabbits are meek, small, soft and vegetarian, considered harmless by most (Australians to the contrary), and virtually unknown in literature. They have large ears which stick up--a help in finding a rabbit in a crowd--and small, happy tails. Through no fault of their own they bear the standard of sexual fertility--an aspect of prime importance in determining their role as symbol...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Bunny Hop | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

...half-hour lessons will be based on the text and stick-figure drawings of English Through Pictures by Richards and Miss Gibson. However, each lesson will include two live sequences, using local actors, to aid in comprehension, and to give the students variations in American voices, accents and personalities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basic English Course Filmed | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...these admirers do exist, if the coy jacket notes are to be trusted. The rest of us had better stick to Palestrina or Muddy Waters, according to taste...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: Do-Wah | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...seen both sides, so I know what I'm saying. If you stick here too long you'll be pigeon-holed for life. These guys come over there too, but they're so full of second-hand garbage they can't see what's real if they try. They're the night club crew. Ten minutes in Chartres, an hour in the Louvre, and all day in some sidewalk cafe (where they can see all the other Americans). They're the Lido boys, who travel first class and stay at the Ritz. The double-scotch-with-ice bunch that finds...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Just Passing Through | 5/20/1958 | See Source »

...varsity's top performance of the season against Williams last week, but injuries again were a major factor in the defeat. Dick MacKinnon guarded the nets gamely, in spite of a shoulder separation suffered in practice Thursday, but on at least four goals he just couldn't raise his stick fast enough to block the shot...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Yale Routs Lacrosse Team, 17-9, With Highest Goal Total of Year | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

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