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Word: cliff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only answer was the rustle of the forest and the sounds of the beasts. Finally, the Rev. William Wellesley Devitt and his nine native companions picked up their gear and returned to Kijabe (Place of the Wind), where a cluster of grey stone buildings clings to a cliff 7,000 ft. above the valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Voice on the Mountain | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

...exhibition of the muscular art of hammer throwing, Boston University Senior Cliff Blair practically guaranteed himself a trip to the Olympics by flinging the 16-lb. ball 211 ft. 3 in. to break the world's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 28, 1956 | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

Back from their fortnight honeymoon in the Bahamas, New York Timesman Clifton Daniel and his bride, Margaret Truman Daniel, played it plain, set a refreshingly unobtrusive tone for their future public appearances. Said Cliff Daniel to fellow newsmen at New York International Airport: "We're an old married couple now, and we're not news any more." Asked if she plans to step back into radio and TV stardom, the girl from Missouri replied: "As long as it doesn't interfere with my husband's career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 21, 1956 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...Yale, debating in favor of the President's program, Cliff F. Thompson '56, George M. Frederickson '56, and Robert H. King '57 lost a close decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Debaters Win Triangular Debate | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...same time, Cliff F. Thompson '56, George F. Frederickson '56, and Robert H. King '57 will debate the affirmative against Yale, in a similar affair, while a Yale team debates at Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, Yale, Princeton Meet Tonight in Triangular Debates | 5/11/1956 | See Source »

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