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Word: sumo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have wit but become overly frantic when Lithgow's devil gets twitchingly carried away with himself. Mushabac gives a long puzzling, oriental dance to the Princess (Beverly Hirschfield) that slows Histoire's pace. The Princess bends her arms and legs at right angles like a beautiful girl forced into Sumo wrestling...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Trouble in Tahiti and L'Histoire du Soldat | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...year-old historian, America's first Japanese-speaking ambassador to Tokyo, has been extremely popular in Japan. "He and his Japanese-born wife are treated like movie stars or sumo champions," Time commented early last year...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Ambassador Reischauer Resigns As Japanese History Professor | 3/9/1963 | See Source »

Your readers might be interested in the sumo wrestlers' recipe for gaining weight. After eating a huge meal of chanko, the wrestlers go to bed immediately and sleep for twelve hours. It is the sleep on a very full stomach that builds their admirable bellies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 1, 1963 | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

...article on Taiho and sumo wrestling [Feb. 8] was very well done and most interesting. However, I suspect that the author has never actually sampled that fine fare and builder of men called chanko. To my knowledge, it is not beaten into a glutinous mass. If it were, it might be more palatable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 1, 1963 | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

...apparent weakness-a slight slowness to react to a slapping, windmill attack. But he is so strong that he can usually outmuscle ! his opponents. "If he stays in shape and 'doesn't let fame go to his head." says a rival wrestler, "Taiho can be the greatest sumo champion of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Giant Bird | 2/8/1963 | See Source »

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