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Word: challengee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The movie opens with a long shot of the earth whirling in space, and the voice of Creator DeMille himself intoning a speech that begins: "Before the dawn of history, ever since the first man discovered his soul . . ." To meet the challenge of building from there, DeMille brings on a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

While refusing as yet to identify his new witness, Wallach emphasized his admiration for the person's "intellectual courage," in considering a challenge of Father Feeney, whom Wallach called, in a prepared statement, "a man of great, if misdirected, ability, whom many once rightly considered worthy of attention and respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'New Witness' Is Claimed in Feeney Probe | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

Snyder and other entomologists, on whose work he has drawn for the new catalogue, have found termite species in every area of the world except the Arctic and Antarctic. The study of termites is something of a challenge, even to such a determined student as Snyder. The trouble is, most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Termite Hunter | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

The Challenge. Executive secretary of the conference, Dr. Siu C. Leung, longtime general secretary of China's Y.M.C.A., made it clear that Christians could not hope to put off decisions until things blow over. "The present regime has come to stay in China," he warned. "All Christians must . . . meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Crisis in the East | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Though Wallach repeated his challenge to debate, he announced he would now also initiate an investigation into why the G.I. Bill should be authorized for St. Benedict's Center. He claimed that what goes on there "is systematized bigotry and in abuse of the 'free market of ideas' principle of...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: Public Debate Offer Refused By Fr. Feeney | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

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