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Word: vicious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Post-game revelry flared into violence early yesterday morning when three University students and group of Cambridge youths met in a brief but vicious free-for-all in front of the Hayes-Bickford Cafeteria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Street Fighting, Window Breaking Mark Weekend Town-Gown Friction | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

...spare-no-expense attempt, egregiously cast, costumed and colored (in Eastman Color and Technicolor, too), to take the moviegoer on an elaborate tear through 18th century England. Censorship being what it is, the spectator generally has to take the vulgar intention for the vicious performance: he sees the ornate Regency sofa, but not what happened on it. Art Director Alfred Junge and Costume Designer Elizabeth Haffenden are in fact the real hero and heroine of this picture. The script (based on the old Clyde Fitch-Richard Mansfield heart-tugger that had four runs on Broadway) just moves the actors briskly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 18, 1954 | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

...satisfied if you find as many as three bets a week," says Matheson. "And if you hit a couple of winners, make sure that you spend at least half of your take away from the track. Let's get some of this money out of the vicious circle of betting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Horse Professor | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

...moved in. Johnson took a short, straight right to the jaw, spun half around as if looking for help and sank to the canvas. He was up at five. The furious frown that the challenger had been wearing was gone now; in its place was an empty grin. Two vicious punches from Moore and even the grin faded. The fight was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Keep Out of Manhattan | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

...ends of the cable were fastened to the Babun's freshly oiled winches. One morning the Babun's twin diesel motors began to purr, her winches started to wind, and the big pull was on. The next morning the Babun was floating free and riding out a vicious northeaster. It was the most successful salvage operation in the history of Cape Hatteras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Rescue from the Graveyard | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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