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Word: absents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kennedy, ski coach, said the skiers, competing on an individual basis, had taken the places of absent Crimson runners. Peabody said one man ran twice under two different names. The incidents took place in the Mad River Glen Class "C" Giant Slalom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five College Skiers Banned From Eastern Ski Association Competition | 2/2/1956 | See Source »

Socrates: And were there any who were busy marking the young men if they were absent...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The Advocate: Danger Was Once Sweet | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

...Lieutenant Wore Skirts (20th Century-Fox) is an absent-minded re-scratch of The Seven Year Itch. It may rub sensitive spectators the wrong way, but no matter. Whenever there is a possibility that the audience may get really sore, Actor Tom Ewell applies his soothing sense of humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 30, 1956 | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...further advantage of the law would be that the teachers would not be absent for as long a time when "the need for them is so desperate," Elder added. The active reserves would only entail attendance at weekly training sessions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teachers' Active Duty Reduced to Six Months | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...Washington, Kubitschek found Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Treasury Secretary George Humphrey waiting at the airport. Sped to the Capitol behind a motorcycle escort, the visitor, 80 minutes late, found the House adjourned and half the Senate absent. With a translator's help, he delivered a seven-minute speech to the Senate, drew five rounds of applause. The U.S. and Brazil, he said, "share the same ideals, the same sentiments, the same respect for the paramount dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: President-Elect | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

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