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Word: skulled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After his demise a Rawlins physician, Dr. John E. Osborne-who later became governor of the state-sawed off the top of Big Nose George's skull as a present for a girl medical student and then skinned him, tanned the hide and made a medicine case and a pair of shoes from the leather. The shoes are still on display at the Rawlins National Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WYOMING: The Return of Big Nose George | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

Clue. In Seminole, Okla., police anticipated no trouble in running down Max Skinner, wanted for passing a bad check: he has a skull & crossbones tattooed on his forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 15, 1950 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

This afternoon starting promptly at 4:45 p.m. Yale's six secret senior socities, Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Berzelius, Wolfshead, Book and Snake, and Elihu, will send their black-suited members out to tap 15 new men apiece from the junior class assembled in Branford Court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tap Day Proceedings Hurt Yale, Honor Society Juniors Complain | 5/11/1950 | See Source »

...landing gear. On an occasion when Jimmy was drilling a squad of recruits in a Wellington park, another squad half a mile away had to quit because they couldn't hear the commands of their drill sergeant, a noncom of impressive voice who was known as "Screaming Skull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW ZEALAND: Pick Up Those Feet | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...taxi waiting for a light to turn green, in a restaurant waiting for a tardy guest-"use the waiting time to advantage . . . Let the jaw drop down until it feels about to crack. This relaxes the facial muscles . . . Bring the finger tips together at the base of the skull and lift hard, pulling the head up and stretching the neck muscles . . . Wiggle the toes inside the shoes. Limbering the big toe can do much towards improving the general feeling of well-being . . . Flabby buttocks have much the same effect on the body as a flat tire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Let the Jaw Drop | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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