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Word: choses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brewer chose to attack the Sunday censorship law on the grounds that it transgressed the right of freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment. To do so, be first had to prove that motion pictures were indeed a form of the press, but a number of decisions in courts throughout the country had indicated that such an assumption was acceptable before...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Red Lights for Blue Laws | 11/5/1955 | See Source »

Hold over night in East Cambridge jail, the student had to sign a statement that he would not protest police treatment, before his release. He was offered the alternative of appearing in court yesterday morning, but chose to sign the release instead, McCaffrey said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Police Arrest Junior for Insolent Conduct | 10/22/1955 | See Source »

...managers also chose the following dorm supervisors: Thomas Teal, of Wigglesworth West, in charge of the South Yard; David Sheels, of Thayer South, the West Yard; Gordon Schoen, of Bollis, the North Yard; and Richard Williams, of Grays, the East Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Managers Choose Council | 10/20/1955 | See Source »

...white chip. Some of them, though, seem to begin after the deal has started and end before the reader gets his fifth card. Best of the lot, perhaps, is Somerset Maugham's Straight Flush, a poignant tale of a man burdened with failing eyesight, and not idiocy, who chose the one time in 64,973 chances to misread his hand and toss a small straight, all pink into the discard. The gentleman gave up his hobby of a lifetime and directed his future interests toward philanthropy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Deal the Cards | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

Only two hours before Papagos' death, his lieutenants forwarded to King Paul a letter designating Second Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Stephanos Stephanopoulos, a Rally party faithful, as his political heir. But the King pulled a surprise, chose tall, dark and handsome Constantine Karamanlis, 48, a minor member of Papagos' Cabinet, to be Premier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: The Resolute Hand | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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