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Word: evens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Charlie Steele sent a pass to inside Bruce Johnstone in front of the Cornell goal. As Holmes came out to meet him, Johnstone passed the ball to his right, where Mudd, again in the right place at the right time, had a short, unobstructed shot at the goal. Even though the varsity concentrated entirely on defense for the last two minutes, Cornell still could not get the ball out of its own territory...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Soccer Team Nips Cornell, 2-1 | 10/13/1959 | See Source »

...Must Die begins innocently, even happily. It is a day of triumph for a small Greek community. Their local oppressor, the Turkish Agha, has benevolently granted his Christian subjects permission to engage in their religion; he has allowed them to stage their passion play. But he, in his infidelity, and the town, in its belief, do not realize that more than a church festival is at stake. Able to cope with the reality of Turkish conquest, they are not really able to cope with belief...

Author: By Margaret A. Armstrong, | Title: He Who Must Die | 10/13/1959 | See Source »

...these experiments, however, there has been a constant effort to minimize and control this confusing element in hypnotic research. Contrary to many ideas, the individual even in the deepest hypnosis is aware of his actions to some degree. And since an individual is conscious of his actions, these demand characteristics may be major determinants of his behavior in the hypnotic state...

Author: By Alice E. Kinzler, | Title: Researchers Investigate the Hypnotic State | 10/13/1959 | See Source »

...bank examiner, the ferreting instincts of a good detective, and the judicial lore of centuries of precedents. In practice, these are embodied in an initial diocesan investigation of claims to sainthood, followed by a formal examination before an appointed court of the Congregation of Rites in Rome. Even when the claims are upheld by the court, decades, years or centuries may elapse before the Pope's official ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anatomy of a Saint | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

While Author Kieran easily makes his point that nature endures all things, even concrete and steel, he also chronicles the species that have been pushed beyond the city limits-the oyster, the deer, the bobcat and beaver. Among the latest to leave is snowy-thatched, Latin-quoting John Kieran himself. The story on nature in New York is complete and compelling, but the story was filed from Rockport, Mass. His ancient habitat, a rambling Riverdale house where once a flying squirrel was a steady customer at a bird-feeding station, is now a stretch of concrete in the Henry Hudson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild Things in the City | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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