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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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I am not at all unhappy about being a "compensation," and I suppose I don't mind being a "sort of Ivy League Dracula" [in the Oct. 19 review of Pillow Talk]. I can smell a compliment better than anyone I have ever met. No, all I really have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 2, 1959 | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

When a reporter asked: "How's your cold?" the President's health became the principal topic for discussion. "Almost three years ago," said he, "I contracted a bronchitis which finally seems to have developed and become chronic. And so every slight cold has a sort of multiplied effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Pressing the Summit | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Vag decided to cross the channel; he looked at the Rhodes: three copies of a thousand-word statement on general interest. "Don't forget the House volleyball," he told himself, "the Rhodes people like jocks." The Marshall needed six thousand-word statements. Same as the Rhoes, he calculated; less sportsy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Form of Travel | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

Some rituals are symbolically important and others are not; and the question as to when to make a stand is often not easy: I am reminded of the man in Nazi Germany who went to a psychiatrist because his right arm was paralyzed--his arm wouldn't let him give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NDEA | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

Still, Bradley says the freedom allowed instructors--"they can teach their courses any way they see fit"--can be bad, as well as good. "If there were more supervision, shabby work would be reduced." To some, this may seem contradictory. Further-more, "If I want to say something radical, I...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Pennsylvania Balances Actuality Against Hope of Valued Learning | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

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