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Word: big (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this big exhibit, composed of scale models, artists' renderings and oversized photographs, the Museum of Fine Arts displays the recent work of thirteen of the major modern architects. The show features the work of architecture's "big three"--the late Frank Lloyd Wright, the vigorous and ceaselessly inventive Le Corbusier and the contemplative, conservative Dutchman, Mies Van Der Rohe...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Form Givers at Mid-Century | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

...larger American opponents. The two-mile was originally planned as a three-mile test, but was shortened out of courtesy to the Americans. Even so, Benjamin, the best American two-miler, was 11 seconds behind Oxford's Gilligan. While the Americans religiously abstained from alcohol and tobacco before the big meet, the British, deception aside, showed no aversion to a few puffs or a small snort. Gilligan made a great show just before the start of the two-mile, parading up and down the track with a cigar clenched in his teeth...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Touring Harvard-Yale Track Team Takes Oxford-Cambridge Classic | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

...Angeles Dodgers made a two-game sweep of their playoff series with Milwaukee by defeating the Braves 6-5 Tuesday. They produced three big runs in the ninth to tie the score, then crumbled in the 12th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L.A. Wins, 6-5 | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

...touch off a full facing schedule, the team will journey to Princeton this weekend for a big three championship with Yale and the Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

...Mortimer told himself as he paged through a copy of Life. "When Smithies quote Ginsburg instead of Donne, all exclusiveness is lost." We start a quiet little revolt and before we know it, Random House and Time and C.B.S. take it over and build it into a big thing. Even the New Yorker expresses horror...

Author: By Margaret A. Armstrong, | Title: The Crowded Lonely | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

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