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Word: bowlful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actually president of Caltech, that he heads one of the nation's most powerful advisory boards, and that he was wartime director of the fabulous Radiation Laboratory at M.I.T. He looks like a pleasant, slightly rumpled Mr. Anybody-a man who starts the day with a bowl of shredded wheat and is willing to drop the dry cleaning off on his way to work. Yet, both in his own right and as head of Caltech, Lee DuBridge plays a crucial role in the U.S. He is one of the new breed of men who have become an integral part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Purists | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

...matter what is going on at Caltech, competition is the order of the day-everywhere, that is, except possibly on the gridiron. There, Coach Bert LaBrucherie, who once led U.C.L.A. to the Rose Bowl and later got thrown out because he failed to make it a habit, rules one of the oddest squads in the history of U.S. football. Though the boys play hard, they have cheerfully lost 25 games in a row. At one time, when they piled up a losing score of 12-18 against their archrival Occidental, a local paper headlined the news: CALTECH THROWS SCARE INTO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Purists | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

Tech, Dartmouth, and the varsity were racing for the Indians' Biglin Bowl which M. I. T. won by outsprinting the Crimson in the last quarter mile. But Navy, which was not competing for the Bowl, jumped to an early lead and pulled ahead of the other three shells in the first half mile of the race. The Middies won by a length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy, MIT Beat Crimson 150 Crew As Junior Varsity, Yardlings Win | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

Some 25 minutes later, two winded Yardlings arrived on their tandem to be first in their division, last in the race, but on time to witness the presentation of a silver bowl to the winner, and ribbons to the first three in the racing, touring, and American classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Record, Tired Tandem Mark Wellesley Bike Race | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

Easter Sunrise Service (Sun. 8 a.m., CBS). From the Hollywood Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Apr. 11, 1955 | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

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