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Word: 13th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Energetic Medievalist Gomez Moreno was exuberant. Said he: "Before this discovery, we could only guess what had been accomplished in the arts of weaving, embroidery, lace-making and knitting in the 13th Century. Now, people can see and actually touch the entire outfit of a 13th Century man or woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Case of the Curious Sexton | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...recount taken last night at the request of defeated candidate John H. Carnahan, who finished 14th, showed that the election committee had made errors in tabulating the results Wednesday night, when Carter was declared elected and Curwen was put in the 13th spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faulty Count In '50 Voting Is Discovered | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

Music from the 13th to 17th centuries will be feature in a concert by the Pro Musica Antiqua Ensemble of Brussels, Belgium, at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Sanders Theater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Pro Musica Antiqua' Group Gives Concert | 11/26/1949 | See Source »

...father, Arthur Twining Hadley, was Yale's 13th president, between 1899 and 1920, and the first non-clerical president of the university. He is known as the "father of modern Yale...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Yale Hunts Successor to Retiring President; Tafts Being Considered | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...horse's bridle. "Dingus" (Jesse's nickname) equaled him in savagery, finally rose to share the command of a guerrilla gang fighting in Texas. After one battle he "cold-bloodedly finished off the Reverend U.P. Gradner, who pleaded that he was 'chaplain of the 13th Kansas' as the grim-faced boy blew out his brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Killer from Missouri | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

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