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...know the 291 magic words that can make the difference between your success and failure?" Dexter Davis does; in fact, he probably knows upwards of 300 or 350 magic words. I suppose a man's got to save up something for his old age but at least he's willing to part with a big chunk of them at nominal rates. Mr. Davis supplies enough to "gain you that mastery of language that will open the door to your heart's desires" This, of course, is all very fine for Yale, where the book is a standard text in English...

Author: By D. CARNEGIE (cor-neg-ic), | Title: Here It Is! | 3/19/1955 | See Source »

Alabama. On Montgomery's hilly Dexter Avenue, banners fluttered with the phrase "Y'all come.'' Theater marquees proclaimed: "Welcome Back, Jim." Alabama put on its longest (twelve miles) and loudest (126 bands) parade for the U.S.'s tallest (6 ft. 8 in.) governor: Big Jim Folsom, 46, making a comeback after one sorry term, a bastardy suit in 1948 (later dismissed) and other troubles. Once famed as "Kissin' Jim," a whisky-drinking merry widower, he remarried, paraded in an Oldsmobile convertible, with his pretty wife and six children (two by his first wife, four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Five Governors | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...varsity has been cramming in secret sessions all week, and head coach Lloyd Jordan calls it "the best spirited squad since I've been here." Not a single member of his well-conditioned team has been excused from the exam because of illness, although center Jan Meyer and wingback Dexter Lewis will be able to take only parts...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Varsity Eleven Seeks Big Three Title Against Yale Before Crowd of 40,000 | 11/20/1954 | See Source »

Every member of the squad was available including wingback Dexter Lewis and center Jan Meyer, Lewis, troubled with a pulled leg muscle, has seen action only once this season--against Dartmouth. Meyer was a starter until he hurt his back in the Columbia game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lewis, Jan Meyer Both Scrimmage | 11/18/1954 | See Source »

...Crimson coach was less certain, however, about wingback Dexter Lewis, who has been out with a leg injury since a brief appearance in the Dartmouth game. Lewis' lack of contact work this season makes him a doubtful participant Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jordan Begins Week Of Secret Practices | 11/16/1954 | See Source »

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