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Word: alvin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went to bed in his quarters at a sugar-plantation camp on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, he seemed to be in perfect health. Next morning he was found dead, and there was not a mark of violence upon him. Last week the Honolulu coroner's physician, Dr. Alvin V. Majoska, listed Tutop as the 43rd in a baffling succession of healthy young adults, all Filipinos, who have died in their sleep in the last six years for no discoverable reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Nightmare Death | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...Best. The award is the creation of Emil Alvin Hartman, 57, founder and director of Manhattan'sFashion Academy. Now 34 years old, the Academy has about 100 students studying dress designing and allied subjects (tuition for the course: $2,520) in an ornate, five-story Fifth Avenue building, decorated more like a Renaissance palace than a school. In the past 17 years Hartman has handed out awards to about 50 companies for "exemplifying the best in American design." Sample winners: Ford, Motorola, Ronson lighters, General Electric (for a plastic furniture covering), Kaiser-Frazer, Elgin, Parker, United Air Lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: The Gold Medal Man | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

Roland S. Homet, Jr. '54, Todd Goodwin '54, Center Hitchcock '54, and John R. Wagley '54. They were held overnight on $100 ball, which was later paid by Dean Leighton and Chief Alvin Randall of the University Police...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Jailed for Breaking Window, But Only Dean Knows Who Did It | 6/12/1951 | See Source »

Hitting has been the big weakness. Only Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky have been getting on base regularly. Monte Irvin, a good hitting outfielder, was a defensive failure at first base, and Whitney Lockman has started to learn the position while playing it. Slow starts by Larry Jansen and Jim Hearn have further slowed the team. Young Willie Mays, centerfielder up from Minneapolis, has started to hit within the past week and should help greatly...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Class Day Committee Treasurer Alvin Becker '51 announced that ticket sales for Class Week events would continue from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. daily in Lamont through June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annex Still Has 15 Class Week Rooms | 6/7/1951 | See Source »

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