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Word: abner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prevents Abner Greene, executive secretary of the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign-Born, and Arthur McPhaul, executive secretary of the Michigan Chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, from appearing under the auspices of two University organizations, the Campus Civil Liberties, Committee, and the Young Progressives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University of Michigan Prevents Speeches of Alleged Subversives | 3/7/1952 | See Source »

Each week Al Capp, the creator and continuing source of life of L'il Abner, presides over a half hour television program which proceeds on the premise that there is something inherently entertaining in five people sitting before cameras and talking. Doubtful as the premise is, shows of this ilk enjoy considerable popularity on TV schedules, probably because they require no sets, little talent, and to outside appearances, no organization and rehearsal...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 11/27/1951 | See Source »

Movies will get still another boost at 10:30 p.m. tonight when two College seniors and two Radcliffe undergraduates appear on Al Capp's television show originating at the WBZ-TV studio. When not performing, Capp draws the comic strip, "L'll Abner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimed, 'Cliffe Girls, Council Chief Crack Capp's TV Caper | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...Named for Farmer Abner Spraberry, on whose land Seaboard Oil Co. first struck the formation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Spraberry Trend | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...Manhattan, the Government put the arm on mournful-faced Abner Green, 48, another bail fund trustee. He, like the others, refused to produce the organization's books or tell the source of its funds. He was found guilty of contempt and hustled off to jail, there to stay for six months or until he decides to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Mockers | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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