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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such internal pressures are bound to alter the character of the Communist regimes, particularly if these regimes are denied the glamor and prestige of great external successes. You may recall that when Khrushchev, in 1956, attacked the abuses of Stalin, he explained that they could not have been corrected earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: DULLES & THE POSITIVE | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

Democratic National Committee members had no sooner gathered in Washington for their first meeting since the 1958 elections than California's Stevensonite Paul Ziffren drew the battle lines. In view of the sweeping national character of the Democratic election victory, said he in effect, the party had better forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Party Twang | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

Since 1923. when Stratton took his degree in electrical engineering at M.I.T.. the Cambridge school has almost wholly altered its character. That year M.I.T. spent something more than $2,000,000 at its specialty: turning out high-quality engineers. Last year, under Acting President Stratton-who took over when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Quality of Excellence | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

For 14 years the work was profitable but depressingly anonymous. What finally got Backus better known was turning the lampshade boor into a radio character. Name: Hubert Updyke III, a hilarious snob who insisted that his ancestors landed at Cadillac Rock. Hubert bought cars by the gross, drove around with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Man in the Lampshade | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

But we came not to bury Coward. Thanks to speedy an sometimes very thoughtful direction by Duane Murner, who is also producer, the show moves rapidly and without any awkward pauses at all. This is no small accomplishment because there are some stretches in the script devoid of "wit," and...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: Design for Living | 12/13/1958 | See Source »

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