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Word: displays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Cooney Weiland must have spoken some cogent words in the dressing room before the second period, for the Crimson put on an awesome display of offensive power following the intermission...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Hockey Team Victorious Over Yale, 2-1 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...Trans World Airlines pilot had to fly thousands of miles over the North Pole without radio contact anywhere. As soon as the Sun set on the evening of the tenth, aurorae were seen around the world, even in some latitudes where they had not appeared within memory. The display was so bright that it was seen in New York City, whose smoke and lights make it one of the world's worst observation points. Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin, Chairman of the Astronomy Department said next morning that it was the brightest aurora that she could recall...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Local Scientists Pace Nation in IGY Work | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

...needed display of depth, untouted junior Bill Rose and sophomore Dave Ottaway swept first and second place in the 50 yd. free-style. Bill Schellsteade, a frog-kicker, scored another surprising first in the 200 yd. butterfly in 2:32.2 against dolphin-kicking Nitton Jervey. Hunter, after swimming in the relay, went on to take the 100 yd. free-style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Triumph, 61-25, Over Weak Princeton Team | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...Warm Peninsula. An impish display of peninsula envy as Julie Harris deserts staid Milwaukee for glamorous Miami. In PORTLAND and SEATTLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Feb. 23, 1959 | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...before or since combined so blatantly the related arts of lavish loose living, public fleecing and judicial fixing. "What the Tweed Ring was in government, the Erie Ring was in finance." The twain, interlocked by the expert pincer movements of corrupt judges, sheriffs and countless lawyers, put on a display of operatic chicanery that still makes for breathless reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Jolly Robber | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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