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Word: ellises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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For the first time, Dwight Eisenhower stood on the edge of a congressional defeat. At issue was S. 144, the relatively trivial Rural Electrification Administration bill, which would transfer power to approve or reject REA loans from Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson to power-hungry Clyde Ellis, director of the National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Veto Upheld | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Wiggles & Giggles. "Sound the sirens!" yelled Governor Quinn to his listener. "Close the schools and get going!" Delegate Burns hollered the same news into his phone, and instantly the palace in Honolulu was rocking with cheers. The throng swelled with a lusty singing of the Hawaiian anthem, Hawaii Ponoi, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAWAII: The New Breed | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

As Ambassador to Brazil, she will succeed able Career Diplomat Ellis O. Briggs, 59. Only foreign diplomat to visit every one of vast Brazil's 25 states and territories, polished, amiable Old Latin America Hand Briggs built up a priceless fund of good will for the U.S. during his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Ambassador to Brazil | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26--Clare Boothe Luce was named by President Eisenhower today to be ambassador to Brazil. There, she will succeed Ellis O. Briggs, career diplomat who may now be assigned to Greece.

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Macmillan, Khrushchev Conclude Talks in Atmosphere of Hostility; Dodd Sees Need for War Alert | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

As the half wore on, both Griff Mc-Clellan and his substitute, Jack Foker, fouled out, McClellan with 12 points. But the 6 ft., 8 in. center was not effective off the boards, and this was the key to Yale's win. The Ellis out-rebounded the varsity, 60 to...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Elis Down Quintet in New Haven; Dartmouth Rally Tops Sextet, 4-2 | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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