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Word: choses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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David Lyman Smith '51 of Kensington Maryland, and Winthrop House was yesterday named captain of next year's varsity wrestling team, while at the same time the fencers chose as their leader Winfred "Joe" Overholser, Jr. '51 of Washington, D.C., and Dunster House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith Named Varsity Wrestling Captain; Overholser to Take Over Fencing Team | 3/22/1950 | See Source »

...students admitted to his classes in naval architecture and marine engineering, this sort of thing seemed quite natural. Professor Seward liked to say that he chose them for "the salt in their veins"; they in turn called him "the Skipper." The son and grandson of sea captains, Skipper Seward had come to know as much about ships as any man could. He had stood on the deck of the German-built Leviathan on its trial run after World War I, had been called in to advise on the raising of the Normandie. He was special wartime consultant to Navy Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Finished Engines | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...liked Dr. Oberholtzer's picture on TIME. We are very proud you chose him to be the first person in Colorado to have his picture on the cover. Mrs. Parkinson read us parts of the article. We think it was very fine. We are sorry you left out the part about manuscript writing. Mr. Iwasaki took some pictures of us writing at the board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 13, 1950 | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...Fuchs would have got a different kind of trial had he been accused of treason by the power he served. "It should perhaps be said that this man's confession was made while he was still a free man," said the Prosecutor, "able to come & go as he chose and consult with friends and . . . lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Thank You, My Lord | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...Patrician Rebel. When the duchess heard of Bernardez' arrest, she still had time to flee. Instead, she chose to stay. When she was nine and a convent student, Luisa Maria had upset a plate of bean soup in protest against the quality of convent food. Reprimanded, she upset the inkwell on the mother superior's desk. Last week, still a rebel, the duchess made the rounds of Madrid's foreign embassies and newsmen, hoping that publicity would help her arrested friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Roundup | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

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