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Word: commoner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took 43 theologians five years of study to reach the conclusion that, after all, Hell may not be a place of fiery torment but a state of loneliness and frustration. This still makes very little difference in view of the Bible's numerous statements that Hell is the common grave of all mankind and where "man hath no pre-eminence above a beast [Ecclesiastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1959 | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...world on its shoulders," said he. "The free nations of the world, motivated by both humanitarianism and self-interest, should cooperate voluntarily in a long-range program aimed at helping the presently less-privileged peoples work step by step toward a better life. Every nation should contribute to the common enterprise in whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ever-Rising Levels | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

Among the ways and means: "technical services, private and public loans, dependable, mutually helpful trade relationships, grants in emergency situations, security help in transition years ... If the growing power of free men is wisely and skillfully applied toward the common aspirations of humanity, then a world of peace and plenty becomes a high probability. The free nations of the world have the capacity and can develop the will to overcome together the powerful, perplexing forces which for thousands of years have yielded hate, distrust, poverty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ever-Rising Levels | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...vote for the NDEA disclaimer affidavit is a vote for thought control," Dean Monro told an audience of 50 freshmen yesterday afternoon in the Union Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monro Attacks Disclaimer Affidavit | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...rumor spread eagerly, and spying and the cunning release of mis-information become increasingly valuable. One afternoon when the heavies were commuting from Henley to their lodgings at Shiplake, someone asked the Crimson manager what time the train left. "6:32," he replied. By the next morning it was common knowledge that the heavies had rowed a trial heat in 6.32, only two seconds short of the record...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Crimson Eights Score Double Win at Henley; Crews Take Grand Challenge and Thames Cups | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

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