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Word: bowsing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After playing solo piano in his own arrangement of Cole Porter tunes under Fiedler's direction, the conductor of the Harvard Band picked up his own baton for a series of Harvard medleys. The modal renditions of College songs were punctuated by the popping of Crimson balloons on the tips...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class of '31 Invades Symphony Hall To Noise of Balloons, Corks, Pops | 6/12/1956 | See Source »

The Old Soft Shoe. On foreign policy der Alte was plainly on the defensive. With next year's elections in mind, the Christian Democrats were dreaming up some vote-getting domestic measures in stead. Usually, at this season of the year, Finance Minister Fritz Schäffer plays his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: End of an Age | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Alexander the Great (Robert Rossen; United Artists). As writer-producer-director, Robert Rossen spent not much less time (four years) and probably more money ($4,000,000) on the production of this picture than Alexander did on the entire conquest of the Persian Empire, and there can be no doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

The Russians were not cowed. The rest of the Soviet fleet moved in and dipped nets into Norwegian waters. The warships sped out again, fired a few more shots across Russian bows, steamed resolutely back to port with another 10 ships, including the 7,000-ton Tambov, the Soviet fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Fish Story | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

Britain is a puzzle. The Princess bows to the Archbishop-but the churches are empty, and religion is in evident decline. Britain is the U.S.'s strongest ally against Communism-and yet many Britons still look on the Communist conspiracy as if it were largely a fiction of American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Three From Britain | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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