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Word: dinned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the hollow sound and meaningful fury of the Second World War had died away, a mature young British Columbian lawyer, who had served in the Royal Canadian army for five years, was weary of the din, and reflective, and not quite ready to go back to his law practice. So Captain John J. Conway, a company commander at the heroic Battle of Monte Cassino and winner of the Military Cross, left the colorful regimental kilts of the Seaforth Highlanders and came to Harvard to study history...

Author: By Alan H.grossman, | Title: A Dynamic Quiet | 10/25/1957 | See Source »

...work from east of the Mississippi. The whole cultural map of America is changing." He pointed to the paper-back I held. "He made it possible. He showed that a man with something to say, a voice of significance, a rare talent, can make itself heard no matter the din of garbage disposals and IBM machines." Even from the back streets and brothels of a hungry Paris...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: A Visit to Big Sur | 10/8/1957 | See Source »

LEONCAVALLO: "The perfect selection for carpet sweeping is the chorus in the first act of I Pagliacci, which opens 'Din, don.' Although this chorus seems to be an effort to get everyone into church, I know it is for carpet sweeping because it is introduced by several vigorous 'Andiam's' intended to get me started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Venetian-Blind Music | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

TIME is to be commended for its presentation of the Supreme Court decisions in the Girard case, one of the few clear voices heard above the din of misrepresented facts and selfish desires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 12, 1957 | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Long one of Egypt's most popular political figures, Salah el Din became something of a national hero by leading the successful drive in 1951 for Egypt's abrogation of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. As a leading Cairo lawyer, he has never concealed his distaste for the Nasser regime; he spoke out before the National Bar Association in 1954 for a return to democratic processes, and was duly denounced by Nasser for "treachery." But from his jail cell he denied that he had endorsed any plot on Nasser's life. The government said that all 14 "traitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Anniversary Plot | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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