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Word: best (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heavyweight Ted Robbins at 5:13 to hand the varsity its second straight defeat. In two years of varsity competition Pfrommer has been beaten only by Cornell's Dunlop, who defeated Robbins last month. Thus, the Crimson wrestler in his first two starts has met a pair of the best heavyweights around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Bow to F & M | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...current junior presidential aide Major John. Ike's highlight: helping apple-of-eye grandson David, 10, pick out a $2 cloisonne necklace, a $1 box of stationery, a $1 spelling game for sister Susan. "Well," muttered Ike after peeling the bills out of his pocket, "we did the best we could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Eve of the Message | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...town. A telephone operator had to be hired whose sole job was handling Joanovici's calls to world capitals. His monthly phone bill ran to 600,000 francs; he spent 30,000 francs daily on entertaining; he contributed heavily to local sports and charities and was on the best of terms with everyone, from the prefect to the policeman assigned to guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Notes on Survival | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...Dreadnought" project to build a fleet of British nuclear submarines. On his new appointment, many Britons would agree with London's Spectator, which last week congratulated the Tory government "on ignoring prejudice, political considerations and pressure from the popular press and [its] own party in appointing the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Dickie on Top | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

Truman: "One of the best. He didn't know much to start, but he learned very quickly. Very courageous fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Old Man's View | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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