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Word: becks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...R.A.F. went after the Baltic port of Liibeck one night in March 1942 because Lübeck was a vital link on the Wehrmacht supply line to Russia. It was no part of the R.A.F. plan that the fire bombs rained down on Lübeck's beautiful 13th Century Marienkirche, but fire melted the church's great bell, gutted the interior. Repair crews got a surprise: whitewash had peeled from the walls, revealing patches of vividly colored frescoes beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Under the Whitewash | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...panic, burns his bloodstained suit, lies to the police and spends most of the film being badgered by a prosecutor. Harrison's wife, played appealingly by Lilli Palmer, has two grisly scenes with the actual murderer (Anthony Dawson), a beady-eyed psychopath. But Directors Anthony Bushell and Reginald Beck are so entranced with brooding, shadowy photography that most of the film appears to have been shot at the bottom of a well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

...freshman, caught later by University Police, said he opposed Mr. Truman's dismissal of MacArthur and wanted the list to determine which students were backing the president. Union Secretary Borden F. Beck '45 indicated that disciplinary action would be recommended against the culprit, who surrendered only part of the list, when apprehended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Lauds Truman's Dismissal of MacArthur | 4/12/1951 | See Source »

Lecturer Robert Chapman's Billy Budd keeps getting last minute extensions of its life at the Biltmore on 47th. Dennis King stars in the Herman Melville tale. Tennessee Williams is trying to maintain his lofty reputation with The Rose Tattoo at the Martin Beck on 45th; some like it very much, but all agree it is not his beat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jamaica's Opening Enlivens Week in New York | 3/30/1951 | See Source »

...Penn's Beck was the only player to break any individual records. He scored 98 field goals during the season to surpass the previous mark of 79 held by Columbia's Walt Budko...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith Finishes 2nd in Ivy League Basketball Scoring | 3/21/1951 | See Source »

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