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Word: 75th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...honor of the day, which was also his 75th birthday, the stern old soldier thawed a little and permitted his inflation-harried countrymen, many of whom had voted for him as an economic savior, to celebrate his return in a national fiesta. From suburbs and provinces they poured into the huge square outside La Moneda, the presidential palace, to watch open-air performances by some 1,200 actors, dancers and musicians on seven different stages. Noisily, they cheered the general in his sky-blue uniform, the parading troops, the flat-hatted cowboy who galloped up to the general and handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Back in Power | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

Today's contest, which marks the 75th anniversary of the start of round-robin competition between Harvard, Yale and Princeton, will begin at 1:30 p.m. Thirty-five thousand will watch...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: Underdog Crimson Eleven Invades Tigerland For Opening of Year's Big Three Competition | 11/8/1952 | See Source »

Today's 32-page issue of the CRIMSON is the largest to be published in 79 uninterrupted years of daily publication. It breaks a record set by the paper's 75th anniversary issue in 1948, which was 30 pages...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Largest Crime | 9/19/1952 | See Source »

Since the days of the Reformation, Berlin has been a Protestant stronghold, and often a place of bitter memory for Germany's Roman Catholics. Last week Catholics were again battling for their faith in Berlin, but not against the Protestants. The Katholikentag, the 75th official congress of German Catholics, found Catholics and Protestants solidly lined up against a common enemy: Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Brothers in Berlin | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

Back home in Hamburg, undaunted, the Herr Doktor celebrated his 75th birthday and announced that he was considering an invitation from Egypt's government to survey that country's economy. When a newspaperman asked about his Indonesia report, he offered to show it to him -for a fee. "I've got to build a new existence," he said, beaming confidently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Many Lives | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

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