Word: torrid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years-old in the nation, Never Bend. Candy Spots stumbled at the start of the race; as Never Bend moved toward the lead at the half-mile of the seven-furlong event, Candy Spots was still 7 1/2 lengths behind. But the son of Swaps began moving at a torrid pace, overhauled Never Bend in the final strides, and won by half a length...
After the Lakers had taken a slim first period lead, the torrid shooting and playmaking of Bob Cousy and brilliant defense work of Bill Russell in the second quarter wrecked the western division champions. Boston led 66-52 at the half, and sever trailed after that...
...gallantly seduces the heroine in a London cab. In another, Queen Victoria confesses a humiliating affair with a commoner. "It wasn't a prince," she sobs, "not even Sir R. Peel. It was one . . .called Wordsworth who recited to me verses from his Excursion of a sensuality so torrid that they shook me-and I fell...
...misled by the lurid ads either. Summer-skin is neither torrid, frank nor provocative; it is in fact a puerile tease. Perhaps he has acted wisely in avoiding graphic scenes, since the one time he allows lovemaking to advance beyond a kiss, he loses sight of good taste entirely. Alcon's buxom nurse bursts in on her patient while he is drying himself after a shower. She grabs him, engulfs him with heavy snorts and slavering kisses, and finally pulls away the bath towel. Before the camera fades out, we are treated to a good, long vis-a-vis with...
Just one little demurrer. TIME credited the builders, architects, designers, planners for this unprecedented achievement. Only one group went unmentioned, the men who built these edifices-the bricklayers, ironworkers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters, operating engineers, lathers, in short, the building tradesmen, those who brave freezing weather, driving rains, torrid sunshine and who sometimes gamble-and lose-life and limb to erect these grandiose edifices...