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Word: beeing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Blood. In Tackson, Miss., after his home was invaded by a swarm of bees and his family severely stung by bees while on a picnic, Alon Bee mused: "We'd change our name if we thought it would give us any relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...home was given to the Cambridge Historical Society by its owners about two years ago. It is believed to be one of the oldest houses in Cambridge, and contains interesting specimens of wallpaper and a bee hive chimney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old House Opens | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

SACRAMENTO BEE: The Senate had ample justification for its action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Press Reaction | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...four feminist years, sharp-tongued girls have speared the prize at the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee. It looked that way again last week at the 32nd annual spellbinder in the ballroom of Washington's Mayflower Hotel. The girls marched past progressively tougher words, from heroine, blossom and dentifrice to operose, miscible and quadrumanous. By the end of the first day, there were six girl contestants to five boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Spellbound | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Douglas answered his own question by suggesting the use of a nonslip floor polish. With that, Wisconsin's Bill Proxmire (who hails from the state where Johnson's Wax makes its home) offered to let Douglas use his office for a waxing bee. Few days later, Washington newsmen and TV crews crammed into Proxmire's office to watch a high-speed floor-waxing machine tow the two Senators around the room like water skiers. It all proved, claimed Proxmire breathlessly, that the floors were really nonslip (although his receptionist takes no chances, keeps a pair of sneakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Great White Goof | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

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