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Word: considerable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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No matter what he happened to hit during the monthlong derby, Oscar Flanders, 64, would still be regarded by the experts with the same reverential awe they reserve for the striper himself. A stumpy 230 lbs., he won last year with a 51-pounder that he promptly sold to "some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Stalker | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Economists still believe firmly in gold's prime importance as the ultimate financial standard. They consider it psychologically vital to fiscal confidence, useful as a long-term guarantee that countries can meet their bills. But they have long since ceased to regard it as the sole test of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOLD STANDARD: Should the U.S. Go Back to It? | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

But if the Department wishes to continue in its lonely course, it could consider charging extra for additional servings. Thus, the famished student who must devour three servings of beef and potatoes could be required to pay a nominal sum for the extra helpings. Why should moderately-eating people subsidize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Food For Thought | 10/9/1959 | See Source »

Responsible members of the Administration must disclose some hard facts about the necessity for yet another board rate increase, before anyone should consider paying the new rate. The Dining Hall Department has a moral obligation to seek out and publish the facts behind its recent request, an obligation in which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Food For Thought | 10/9/1959 | See Source »

Ready for Failure. Between the visible shows of geniality, the two were joined in the toughest debate between Chiefs of State since the summits of World War II. Eisenhower, who did almost all the talking on the U.S. side, made it clear that the U.S. would negotiate on 1) reducing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Camp David Conference | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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