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Word: swats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bizarre cases of cataplexy rounded up by Dr. Levin: ¶A man who had attacks if he tried to scare a cat away, swat a fly, squash a bug or land a fish. ¶A boxer who had his opponent on the ropes, but could not bring himself to deliver the finishing punch. ¶Tennis players who, in the middle of a volley, drop the racket and either go limp in the arm or fall down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Smiter Smitten | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

...domestic policy, although he really didn't seem to understand the Taft-Hartley law. Asked about Ike's request for farm editors' help to learn about farm policy, Taft chuckled: "I've been educated for some 15 years on farm policy." Later, he took a swat at the farm editors. "My own opinion of the editors isn't that high," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trappings of Confidence | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...Hall, he let fly again: "One of the most cowardly attacks in history . . . Perhaps ... [I] hit some guilty consciences and they yelled to high heaven. I was crucified on the House floor . . ." But the House, apparently confident that it had settled the miscreant's hash with one massive swat, did not seem to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Crucified on the Floor | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

Injuries once again rose up to swat the varsity basketball team down just before an important game. When the Crimson meets Pennsylvania at 8:30 tonight at the Blockhouse, Jim Urdan, Amble Redmond, Alden Davis, and possibly Bob Bramhall will be unable to play. Both Urdan and Bramhall have started several times this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Injuries Take 3 From Penn Game Tonight | 1/9/1951 | See Source »

Zochariah Chafee, Jr., Langdell Professor of Law, yesterday sharply criticized the proposed Mundt-Nixon Bill for control of subversive activities, saying that using it to check Communists "is like using hammer to swat a wasp on a baby's head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chafee Brands Mundt Bill as Undemocratic | 3/24/1950 | See Source »

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