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Word: affair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rarer mixture, is a much less rewarding one. The play tells of a well-known foreign correspondent (Melvyn Douglas) who, on the eve of marrying a magazine heiress (Haila Stoddard), is descended on by a cyclonic actress (Signe Hasso) with whom, 20 years before, he had had an affair. With her are her two grown children, one of whom, he learns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...football season already tainted by the West Point cribbing affair and threatened by investigations from all sides (see above), there were still a couple of pleasant surprises. With emphasis on the single-wing attack, and less of the hipper-dipper intricacies of the T formation, football was a lot easier to watch. The best teams were also easier to see. With the decline of Army and Notre Dame, football's center of gravity had shifted and spread; the nation's top teams are now scattered from Tennessee to California, with regional powerhouses in the Midwest (Michigan State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football's Big Six | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...felt the increasingly autonomous position of the Houses in the Harvard community warranted a reunion of their alumni which cuts across class lines and permits friends of several consecutive classes to see each other again," explained Robert J. Ellrich '52, who headed the affair for the Dunster House Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster's Alumni Hold 1st Reunion | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

Feinberg, who was in good academic standing last June and was expected to register for his final year this September, has already been indicted for bribery under New York State law. The District Attorney's office said that a second indictment for the Kentucky affair is a possibility...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: Ex-Law School Student Seen Involved in Latest Hoop Fix | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

Until last year, the Cadets traditionally attended the affair. In 1945, when the Crimson suffered a 54 to 14 defeat at the hands of the West Pointers, the Corps and the Band were present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cadet Corps and Band Snub Cambridge for Second Year | 10/18/1951 | See Source »

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