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Word: eras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Choose Mississippi" statement attributed to William Faulkner [March 26] seems almost incredible. How any man in the U.S., living in the present era of supposed enlightenment, can make such a statement is beyond my power of comprehension. Mr. Faulkner is evidently one of those Americans who neither appreciate liberty, nor comprehend the meaning of it. For my part, I'll choose the U.S. Apparently Mr. Faulkner is politically still living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 23, 1956 | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...senior right hander had his curve ball working well as he struck out five and walked one, and lowered his season ERA...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Defeats Army, 4-0, For Second Consecutive Shutout | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...outstanding record of the Republican administration in maintaining an era of "peace and prosperity" definitely merits its reelection, Robert Braucher, professor of Law, declared last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Braucher Declares Past Record Warrants Eisenhower Reelection | 4/18/1956 | See Source »

Chester Bowles declared last night that neither political party in the 1956 election is likely to center debate on the great, crucial issues of our time. In the first of three Godkin Lectures, he said that these underlying issues may soon force the United States into a new political era--"calling for new alignments and a fresh burst of political imagination and creative leadership...

Author: By John G. Wofford, | Title: Bowles Claims Parties Avoid Important Issues | 4/11/1956 | See Source »

...Seraglio. The Victorian era, according to Pearl, was "an age when prostitution was widespread and flagrant; when many London streets were like Oriental bazaars of flesh; when the luxurious West End nighthouses dispensed love and liquor till dawn; when fashionable whores . . . rode with duchesses in Rotten Row, and eminent Victorians negotiated for the tenancy of their beds; when a pretty new suburb arose at St. John's Wood as a seraglio for mistresses and harlots." In the rising tide of Victorian morality, one female Londoner in every 16 became a whore; there were 6,000 brothels and about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Improper Victorians | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

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