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Word: boatful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...show has bright spots--Oliver Smith's ingenious scenery for a glass-bottom boat scene--and it is generally pleasant, but despite its effective advance publicity here and in New York, it is neither an outstanding example nor an extension of its genre...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Jamaica | 10/11/1957 | See Source »

...open invitation to all members of the University, cross country coach Bill McCurdy last night announced the fifth annual running of the University Handicaps this afternoon at 4:45 p.m. The run will begin in front of Newell Boat House and cover the varsity Handicap Course along the river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Handicaps to Be Run On River Course This Afternoon | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...orate about-Algeria, Cyprus, Kashmir, Syria, South Africa, Red China's membership, Palestine refugees, Hungary's aftermath, disarmament. The words would be many and searing, but the professionals on hand hoped that little action would be required. Even India, which sometimes seems to be rocking the boat for the sheer pleasure of making waves, was said to be in a mood to sit still because of its urgent need for economic help from abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Quickly & Quietly | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Bird watchers around Florida's Cape Canaveral boast each year of spotting more boat-tailed grackles, brown-headed nuthatches, yellow-shafted flickers and other species than any other group taking part in the National Audubon Society's Christmas bird count. Last week they were joined by an eager band of sky gazers bent on observing some of the most awesome birds of passage the world has seen. Lured to the Cape by advance tips that some of the promising missiles in the U.S. arsenal would be test-fired, 14 reporters and photographers stood a weeklong telescope watch over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Bird Watchers | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...particular treasures. "That's a beautiful piece," he noted of the massive and elaborately sculpted oriental chair. "Genuine teakwood; you know how valuable that is. And that ship," he said pointing to a finely carved model hanging from the ceiling, "that's a model of a Philippine fishing boat. It was carved by a Harvard man. He was in the Philippines when he made it. I think the University sent him to France about ten years ago. Look at this little table. I've turned down over a hundred dollars for it." After pointing out some glasses, Goldman advised '"Listen...

Author: By --charles S. Maier, | Title: Breakfronts and Busts | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

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