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Word: commit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...girls poses the significant question. While consoling her husband, she asks, "We will be glad we did not commit suicide, will we not?" The film apparently gives no answer. For it ends where it began: on the street under neon lights...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Street of Shame | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...according to Mr. Hutchins, the preservation of academic freedom required more than a cessation of outrages. Academic freedom demands that the university commit itself to classroom discussion of the most serious and controversial questions of the age, no matter where the discussion may lead...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Portrayal of American Colleges Explains 'Intellectual Specialists' | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Although the verdict of the main attraction was never in doubt after Bud Higginbottom's first goal at 0:45 of the first period, the varsity managed to commit its usual quota of lapses at the points and in front of the goal. Against teams of Brown's calibre the Crimson can get away with handing out breaks--most of the time...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Hockey Varsity, Freshman Defeat Brown in Romps | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Betty Ann alerted the Coast Guard, charging that his craft was not seaworthy. Her lawyers went to court with another sheaf of charges, ranging from kidnaping to conspiracy to commit contempt of court. But for the time being, at least, The Wanderer was at sea. At 42, Sterling Hayden, in his own words "a decent enough man, not too bright perhaps," had finally made his breakout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: To Break Out | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

There is also an anti-volcano faction. One eminent American astronomer, who does not want to commit himself publicly until he has digested still more evidence, is highly skeptical. He has examined Alphonsus and has seen no slightest change. He has heard that some Soviet astronomers have their doubts about Kozyrev. They suggest that "he thinks that it is his destiny to make a great discovery." When Kozyrev made the spectrograms, he did not mention them to his colleagues at the Crimean Observatory. Instead, he rushed off to Moscow and a week later held a press conference to announce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Volcano or Not? | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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