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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sophomore forward Gary Borchard hit for five consecutive points at the end of the contest and gave the varsity basketball squad a 68-67 victory over Williams last night at Williamstown. Borchard, a 6 ft., 4 in. offensive ace, led the Crimson scoring with 26 points for the night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Five Beats Ephs, 68-67, Warding Off Last Period Rally | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

Died. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 67, Norwegian-born tennis ace who won the U.S. Women's Singles championship eight times (1915 to 1927) by a trick of hitting the ball just before it reached its height; in Stockholm, Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 7, 1959 | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

That the adapters should so much magnify what everyone in the play is quick to minimize is proof of their desperate need for dramatic material; Golden's queen of spades is their one theatrical ace in the hole. Only in America has, certainly, its lively moments and amusing details, but it chiefly conveys a sense of stretching already flimsy materials-of building small incidents about Negroes or Jews into unctuous minority rites. Clearly the basic trouble with Only in America is that it should never have been a play. But the thought persists that only on Broadway, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play on Broadway, Nov. 30, 1959 | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...triumph against UMass was convincing, but it was obvious that the Redmen had been highly overrated. Running without its ace, Jed Fitzgerald, the Crimson romped...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Cross Country Squad Survives Bleak Year With Hope for 1960 | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

...global game of personal diplomacy, President Eisenhower was slow to play the U.S.'s ace-himself. As the world's most popular political leader, he is also the U.S.'s most effective ambassador. Last week Ike announced an historic presidential diplomatic mission. He will swing for 19 days and 19,500 miles through nine nations of Southern Europe and Southern Asia, centering on the Western summit meeting in Paris, Dec. 19. Said he: There will not be "a great deal of time for dallying along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Playing the Ace | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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