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Word: davision (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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For years after he left Independence, Mo. to become a theatrical producer in New York, fortune perversely eluded a benign-looking ex-schoolteacher named Charles Blevins Davis. He managed to round up enough Broadway angels to stage a couple of productions, but they were flops, and life was hard and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Beau from Mo | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

A.F.L. President William Green noted the 43rd annual convention of the Hoboes of America, meeting in Tucson, sent, Hobo King Jeff Davis a fraternal greeting "While the members of the A.F.L. believe in steady jobs and the members of your organization are conscientious objectors, we entertain a sympathetic interest in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Young in Heart | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

Lux Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Bette Davis in Payment on Demand, with Barry Sullivan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Sep. 3, 1951 | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

Savitt flew home the next day. He had had five solid months of tennis campaigning, all out of the U.S. The Clay Court championships were being played that week in Chicago, and the tennis bigwigs naturally wanted Dick there: the Wimbledon champion would be a big drawing card. He flatly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Linesmen Ready? | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

And win or lose, Savitt is one of the men Frank Shields is counting on to bring the Davis Cup back from Australia. Sweden, with tough Lennart Bergelin (who gave the Australians a scare by winning both his singles matches last year), must be coped with this December before the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Linesmen Ready? | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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