Word: batch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Instead he had dragged a batch of tired old loyalty cases back into the limelight and hashed over charges which had been hashed and rehashed (and in some cases, refuted) in the past. His tactics backfired during the testimony of his first victim-62-year-old Miss Dorothy Kenyon, a onetime Manhattan municipal judge and former U.S. delegate to UNESCO, where she consistently gave the Russian delegation the benefit of a sharp tongue...
...Soviet U.N. delegate's devotion to TIME was interesting news to me. It prompted me to look through a batch of recent cables from our news bureaus and correspondents overseas. Here are some excerpts from them, giving more news about TIME readers and attitudes toward TIME abroad...
...Norway. Back at Lake Placid this week, Norway unveiled a new batch of jumpers for the prime show of winter sport: the individual jumping championships. Forty contestants in all sped down the runway, soared off the lip of the tower and jackknifed forward in the long dive into space. When it was all over, Norway had done it again; six of the first eight places had gone to Norwegians. The champ: a 21-year-old Norwegian farmer, Hans Björnstad, who made jumps of 224 and 223 ft. Sixth place went to former U.S. Amateur Champion Artie Devlin...
...Forrest "Batch" Jordan Valpey's assistant as line coach, said "It's news to me Sounds like it's official." Jordan said he had been told of no new plans for his fellow assistants...
...individual songs and sketches in the show; and whether from too many cooks, or mere incompetent cooking, Dance Me a Song makes very thin broth. For awhile it can just manage to be termed uneven; by the end, there is no kinder word than weak. The show boasts a batch of sprightly and likable young people, including Dancer Joan McCracken. But youth at the prow can seldom prosper without ability in the engine room. The show has some pleasantly simple dance numbers, but more that are noisy and elaborate. One or two songs are nice enough to listen...