Word: biennially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only man in U.S. history who has ever run for the presidency six times, Socialist Norman Mattoon Thomas, 65, was beginning to think it was no use. Furthermore, he thought his party ought to give up presidential campaigns too. Last week his proposal, made at the Socialists' biennial convention in Detroit, almost split the party in twain. Elder Statesman Thomas urged that the party spend its few dollars on other groups which had Socialist aims (e.g., labor unions, Americans for Democratic Action) and on local elections and membership campaigns...
...first time in its history, the Yacht Club is placing an entry in the biennial ocean yacht race from Newport, Rhodo Island, to Bermuda. The sailors, who normally confine their activities to dinghies, have chartered the 52-foot, gaff-headed Alden schooner "Troubador" (above) for the race...
...Here," beamed moonfaced Conductor Fritz Busch, "is everything so perfect . . . If we miss a note now & then, is that so important? What counts is the enthusiasm." At Cincinnati's 38th biennial May Music Festival, famed Metropolitan Opera Conductor Fritz Busch was getting just about all the enthusiasm he could handle, and he enjoyed every decibel...
There would be neither harmonizing nor uniting for a long time to come. Scott Lucas' plea was made in the teeth of a gathering hurricane. It was the beginning of the biennial Big Blow...
Although with Old Master John Constable and Painter-Sculptress Barbara Hepworth, Smith is one of three artists chosen to represent Britain in Venice's big biennial next June, he still is a little dubious of his success. When pressed, he quietly admits, "It's nice to feel one is still producing all right...