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Word: stucke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Coaltown has tied the world record for the mile and an eighth, Trainer Ben Jones insists that Coaltown's stablemate, Citation, is better ("He can catch any horse he can see"). Last week, Coaltown proved again just how great Citation must be. At Gulfstream Park, Fla., Coaltown stuck out his long neck and stormed a mile and a quarter in 1:59.8, to tie the world record for that distance too. Other winners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Reflected Glory | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...Truman began his off-the-cuff speech with some nostalgic comments on the military life of General Vaughan, artillery man in World War I, lieutenant colonel in World War II until he was hospitalized home after an airplane accident. Then the President of the U.S. stuck his jaw out. In a firm, measured voice he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Who's Boss Around Here? | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Henry Wallace; his wife, an Oregon State student, was the firebrand of the campus Young Progressives organization. La Vallee, too, was a Wallaceite. Some students thought he was "pretty radical" in his economics classes, but he still taught his subject from standard texts. As for Spitzer, he had stuck pretty close to chemistry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Freedom & Lines | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

Moderator Kirtley F. Mather rephrased the scheduled question to: "Does research in the physical sciences encourage honesty, discerning love, and cooperation with fellow workers," but Phillip G. Frank, Phillippe E. Le Corbeiller, and Cecilia P. Gaposchkin stuck to the original query...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scientists Agree on Natural Laws for Society at Forum | 3/3/1949 | See Source »

...first time, the 'tabloid' ballet called "Tiger Lily" stuck out in my mind as being particularly good, but the other night it seemed more like the usual type of jazz-ballet which is part of every Broadway show these days. It is certainly one of the most interesting, and dramatic in its narrative content, but Valerie Bettis, its star dancer, does much better work in the less-spectacular "Haunted Heart" dance...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

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