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Word: fanning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teen-age brothers die from the disease. Confined to a wheelchair since the age of seven, George nevertheless determined not to let the disease destroy his life. He studied at home, last June got a diploma from the Metuchen high school. He became a TV and Brooklyn Dodger fan, took up water-coloring. George fought so hard to live that his parents and his three sisters (none of whom seem to have the disease) were encouraged. Last week, unable to fight any longer, George died of muscular dystrophy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Good Fight | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...Finest example in England of the late Gothic style, celebrated for its fan vaulting. The chapel was built circa 1446 by Henry VI, who founded Eton at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 6, 1956 | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...squad can master the skill of playing well against two successive opponents, the Crimson fan might even think in terms of fifth place Ivy League finish...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: Basketball Team Splits 12 Games In Early Season | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

...music. Others feel that the text is also worth understanding, since after all, the composer did expect the audience to know what is happening. As an experiment with opera in English, the New England Opera Company is currently offering on alternate nights this week two Mozart operas, Cosi Fan Tutti and Don Giovanni...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin and Cliff F. Thompson, S | Title: Mozart in Boston | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

...understand how an athlete feels about religion," says Ike. "They think you sometimes are asking God to help you win, and they misunderstand. It's not like that really. I feel that everything I do is for Him, and that includes wrestling." When a Bethlehem fan asks Ike for his autograph, he follows his signature with the words, Galatians 6:14 ("But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bethlehem's Champ | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

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