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Word: beeing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Clair Bee, for instance, of Long Island University should have been on trial and actually indicted in the courtroom, along with the professional gambler as briber and student as taker of bribe. I do not single out Mr. Bee for any other reason than that his name is well known and stands as a symbol for all the college presidents involved. Had these college presidents been indicted, and with them their agents, the transmitters of the bribe, there would have been a thoroughly remarkable change in the behavior of college presidents. This change in behavior would have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who's to Blame? | 12/13/1951 | See Source »

...Bee is not president of L.I.U., but basketball coach. However, Mr. Walker's points are certainly well taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who's to Blame? | 12/13/1951 | See Source »

...second place, these scholarships cover all sports, not just football." Maryland President Dr. Harry ("Curley") Byrd, an old footballer, frankly admitted the presence of 60 out-of-staters on undefeated Maryland's huge, 97-man football squad. "What of it?" Byrd growled. Basketball Coach Clair Bee, now acting president of Long Island University and a particular target of Judge Streit's indictment, defended the "tradition" of subsidization and declared: "I would do it the same way again." Said defiant Clair Bee: the "present mess is one of individuals and not the result of policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lifting the Curtain | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

Other reigning queens: "The Apple of Our Eye" (the apple industry), "Maid of Cotton," "Miss Alarming" (alarm systems), "Miss Beautyrest" (mattresses), "Girl We'd Most Like to BEE With" (honey), "Girl With the Best Connections" (electric appliances), "Miss Aluminum Stepladder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROMOTION: Surefire Misses | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...show what was meant, the ad offered a full-length back view of a shapely brunette of voting age, presumably just before or after bathing-her derriere imprisoned ("dwindled down") in a patented cylindrical casing designed to make it look as much as possible like that of a bee or a racing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Venus Cacopyge | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

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