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Word: wagging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idea continues to fascinate me that some anonymous wag designated it "Operation Banana" because it brought together the whole bunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Prayer for Patience | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

Moralists following the Ivy League standard of football for athletics' sake can wag their fingers toward Hanover these days and say, "I-told-you-so." For Dartmouth committed the unpardonable last year in "elevating" a Green institution, venerable Tuss McLaughry, from varsity football coach to Director of Physical Education, after his 3-6 record...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/22/1955 | See Source »

...please let's get the record straight. A bulldog is not unsociable; it's love and affection with wrinkles on its face. It's not disobedient; it's will power and courage with a tail wag. It's not a brooder; it's patience and tenacity with the snuffles in its nose. And maybe, like all bulldogs, Jock "doesn't give a damn until he wants to give a damn," but those of us who are owned by bulldogs find they give a damn about the right things-like loving our kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1955 | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...chose C in both instances, you are an incurable wag and don't deserve success or popularity anyway. Mr. Davis is very firm about humor. You are to write down all jokes and then "brush up on your humor just before you want to use it. This technique is used by some of the most successful salesmen." Of course, that's what Jim used to do, and how far did it get him? Come to think of it. I'll bet Davis isn't so darned good looking. Fat from all those dinners...

Author: By D. CARNEGIE (cor-neg-ic), | Title: Here It Is! | 3/19/1955 | See Source »

...spite of Few's stature, the university met derision from the start. Some wag suggested that it change its motto from Eruditio et Religio to Eruditio, Religio et Cherooto et Cigaretto. Under Few's less able successor, President Robert L. Flowers, the situation grew worse: though Duke was already beginning to build up a solid faculty, its reputation as a playboy's haven lived on. It was not until 1949, when rangy (6 ft. 2½ in.) Arthur Hollis Edens took over, that it began to come back into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: DUKE UNIVERSITY | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

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