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Word: dreaming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intimate community, is not dead or outdone by the larger colleges with their "great men" and "superior facilities." Once the fraternity menace to higher education, in the form of its emphasis upon mere "good fellowship" has been partially subdued to its proper perspective, as at Amherst, the dream of vigorous small college scholarships becomes a reality...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Amherst: Studies First, Parties Second | 5/14/1954 | See Source »

...warrior, so often called a war monger, seemed further intent on reversing his reputation. At a time when the tactical situation seemed to demand a show of determination in the face of the confident Communists at Geneva, Sir Winston's head seemed a dream with thoughts of compromise, concessions and soft words. Speaking last week to the Primrose League.* Churchill entered an unexpected personal plea for the establishment of "links" with Russia "which, in spite of all distractions and perils and contradictions, would convince the Russian people and the Soviet government that we wish them peace, happiness and ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Primrose Path | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Surgeons have been making hopeful progress toward their dream of perfecting a mechanical heart, but last week it appeared that for many cases nature had beaten them to the answer. If the patient is a child suffering from an inborn heart defect, the University of Minnesota reported, the best substitute for the human heart is another heart. Doctors have so used it in three operations, hooking up a child-patient's blood flow with the father's so that the father's heart and lungs do the work for both. This can go on for half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Heart for a Heart | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Josy Barthel, who cares more about studies than glory in track, will compete in a special mile run on Soldiers Field, May 15, but his three competitors will not be the "dream field" for which track fans have been clamoring...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Josy Barthel Will Run Here May 15 Against Ashenfelter, Dwyer, Wilt | 5/5/1954 | See Source »

...delegates to the British party's 23rd national congress, Pollitt said last week: "It is high time that we stopped creating the impression that does so much to frighten other people from joining the party, that we are some kind of human beings who never eat, sleep, play, dream or even make love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Those Lovable Communists | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

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