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Word: walks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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With measurements such as James Arness' (48-36-36) and Dale Robertson's (42-34-34), it's obvious that the great western heroes walk the way they do not because of prolonged horse-straddling but because they are trying to hold up their pants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...walk out of the Union along with "our aggrieved brethren of the Slave States"; 2) abstain from joining any trouble-starred Southern Confederacy; and 3) declare itself a "free city," to be named Tri-lnsula for its islands of Manhattan, Staten and Long. The common council was all for it. But when South Carolina rebels fired on Fort Sumter, secession became a fighting word in the North, and nothing more was heard of Tri-lnsula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: From Tri-lnsula to Alcatraz? | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...Mahayana, basing a large part of its practice on the revelatory Tantric texts. It absorbed much of the dark, animistic Bon Po religion of primitive Tibet and swarms with demons and fiercely copulating gods. The world is haunted by such specters as the ro-langs, or standing dead. They walk with their eyes closed, never change direction, and their touch is fatal to human beings. There are mountain demons who suck the life from unwary travelers, demons who cause hailstorms and earthquakes and eclipses. The Tibetan Buddhist contemplates an intricate pantheon, from the five Dhyani-Buddhas, who share the guardianship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: BUDDHISM-The Dalai Lama's Faith | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...seventh that they really lowered the boom. Six singles, two triples, and a walk produced seven Navy runs in this inning, as neither Kipp nor Renny Johnston was able to produce any effective pitching. This mammoth splurge secured the game for the Middies, and rendered single runs by the varsity in the sixth, eighth, and ninth innings of no real consequence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Crushes Crimson Nine, 15-6; Gobs Get 17 Hits off Four Hurlers | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

...girls as a group are a bouncy crew, with Dulcie the bounciest, Fay (Abigail Liggett) and Nancy (Alexandra Hilford) lively enough, and Maisie (Margaretha Walk) not quite with it though she tries very hard. The boys--Robert Hatfield, David Kopelman, Norman Fox and Herbert Parsons--have a grand time mostly playing themselves and dancing with the girls; but on the whole they failed to impress...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: The Boy Friend | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

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