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Word: stomps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...floor. She had done it. She had broken a date with him so she could go out with some goddamned junior! Well, so be it. Any girl who breaks a date is not worth dating. But how could she make him feel so good one week and then stomp on him the next? What a thing to do to a guy!...And he had just taken it. He had stood there, not saying a word, taking it. He had stood there, not saying a word, taking it. She had squished him like some earthworm in the garden...

Author: By Samuel Bonder, | Title: 'For Betty, With No Hard Feelings' | 6/12/1969 | See Source »

When the Dovells created the Bristol Stomp in the late fifties, they probably never anticipated the rapidity with which it was to vanish from the popular scene. Likewise, those who started the freshman intramural program at Harvard were probably of the opinion that it would last forever and ever. But if the participation continues to grow at its present negative rate, soon there will be no organized program of intramurals for first-year students...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...lead singer of the group which hit it big with "Bristol Stomp" later went on to do a few hits of his own. Name...

Author: By Andrew G. Fraknoi, | Title: Gild Your Mind: A Golden Oldies Quiz | 1/13/1969 | See Source »

...their part, San Diego fans can't see enough of Hayes. Chanting "Stomp 'em E," they turn out at the city's new $6,500,000 Sports Arena to cheer his every move. The Rockets' home attendance, which last season averaged a near-bankrupt 4,000 a game, has increased by 35%. The team's scoring fortunes are also booming. "Elvin has made us competitive," explains Coach Jack McMahon. "Last year we were going into every game knowing that we were heavy underdogs. This year the kids know that at least they have a fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: E for Everything | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...Life is what you do while you're waiting to die/ Life is how the time goes by," she sings, her voice throbbing through the loudspeaker. The orchestra pulsates and the other people on stage stomp their feet in time and join in the song. There is no set on the stage and no subtlety in the musical number: the man whose story we are going to see is a man possessed by the most basic of passions. But Zorba is only one man and not at the center of Prince's show; his passions...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Zorba | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

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