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Word: cancels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discounted speculations in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday afternoon, that he was hoping for a deadlock between General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Robert A. Taft to gain the Republican presidential nomination. Warren had been scheduled to address the Harvard Young Republican Club today, but was forced to cancel the talk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Not Compromise Candidate,' Warren Says; Cannot Address University Republicans | 2/13/1952 | See Source »

Soon the fog had spread over the entire city. At least 25 people were injured stumbling through its gloom; King George VI had to cancel a trip to the theater-his first evening out since his operation three months ago; greyhound racing at the White City was abandoned because dogs couldn't see the hare; and a mallard duck flying blind over central London slammed into Victoria Station and crash-landed on No. 6 platform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: A London Particular | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

Rate of Exchange. Near Seoul, Korea, the U.S. Army's 568th Ordnance Co. decided to cancel a $580 contract with the Sam Whan construction firm to repair its boiler, because its own Korean carpenter had already done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 10, 1951 | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...Last fortnight, the government unofficially disclosed its determination to cancel and renegotiate the company-government contracts under which Unifruit operates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Unifruit Under Fire | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

Last winter Arturo Toscanini, the white-maned little titan, was beginning to look and move like a man nearing 84. Because of his ailing left knee, he was forced to cancel eight of his NBC concerts. When he flew off to Italy last spring, few of his musicians expected to have the privilege of trembling under one of his tirades again. Moreover, in midsummer came more bad news: the death of his wife Carla, 73, who had been his caretaker and counselor for 54 years. His friends feared he was through. They misjudged their man. Last week the old Arturo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toscanini Is Back | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

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