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Word: tore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lowell's strongest showing of the season, the Bellboys led for the first three quarters against Dudley, after Bob Gebelien tore 45 yards in the first period for the opening score. But the Commuters snatched the game away in the last period on a touchdown and a successful conversion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Subdues Leverett, 12-0; Lowell Scores, but Loses to Dudley | 11/19/1953 | See Source »

...going to Hollywood, Pop? . . . You'll bring Ed nothing but harm by talking to all these folks and having your picture took." Bessie protested: "Don't listen to him, Dave." But Dave Dickenson was old and tired. "Bessie." he said, "the whole thing's got me tore up. I'm easy wrecked, and I can't stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: One Changed His Mind | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

Lowell and Kirkland soccer teams tied 1 to 1 in a playoff of a postponed game. The Deacons lost the services of Joe Elizade, who tore ligaments in the right knee. Dick Armstrong tallied the lone Kirkland goal on a penalty kick and Steole Commoner came back to tie the game with a second half Dudley goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Defeats Dunster To Take Inter-House Lead | 10/28/1953 | See Source »

...eyebrows. General Weyland explained: a Russian-built, almost new MIG jet had just landed on South Korea's Kimpo airfield near Seoul. As U.N. airmen raced toward the red-starred, silver plane, the MIG pilot-a 25-year-old North Korean in a neat blue jumper suit -methodically tore up a picture of a girl friend, unstrapped his pistol holster, saluted smartly and surrendered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: F.O.B. $100,000 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...incoming prisoners reacted to this clear attempt at intimidation with a mixture of fear and defiance. Many of them refused to answer the roll, tore off their Manila name tags and kept their fists tightly clenched to forestall fingerprinting. Gradually they grew more bellicose. Compounds bristled with South Korean and Chinese Nationalist flags. Barrages of stones and curses descended on glum-faced Communist observers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Just a Stone's Throw | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

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