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Word: wick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...burned, a quiet wick in a wild night, Loving what lie beheld and will behold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Eternal Riddles | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

However, Cleary predicted, before leaving for a 40-day practice session at Bowdoin College's new rink in Bruns-wick, Me., the tournament still should be a close battle between the U.S., Russia, Czechoslovakia, Canada, and possibly Sweden...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Bill Cleary on US Amateur Hockey Team | 11/30/1956 | See Source »

...preparation and education necessary to achieve grace, and that therefore they will be unable to comprehend or enjoy the abstruse doctrines which we must propound. Those who oppose the spreading of doctrine say that our construction of the Gospel will find the savage inert, with his wick untrimmed, unprepared for the marriage, and generally unannointed. They contend that our doctrine will fall upon barren ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Errand Into the Wilderness | 11/23/1956 | See Source »

RONALD S. CHAD WICK 2nd Lieutenant, U.S.A.F. Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1956 | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...wish a few more fans and lower baskets for the offense. While we're at it, Kansas's Phog Allen should have his long-yearned-for 12-foot baskets now that he's got Wilt the Stilt. For the boxing and wrestling rooms we wish a fancy Air-Wick bottle and new punching bags. There might as well be a jump in the stadium for the ski squad two lawn courts for the tennis team, eleven full-blooded Indians for lacrosse, and a new mechanical foil for the fencing room. The soccer team doesn't appear to need anything...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/21/1955 | See Source »

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