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Word: fanning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the army deposed Vargas, in 1945, Café Filho re-entered politics, won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, took up his old role of caustic, lone-wolf critic. He drew more fan mail than any other Deputy. Said Getulio Vargas, planning his own political comeback, "Café Filho is the most effective man in Congress. I wish he were on my side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Giant at the Bridge | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...Yale fan, always prone to prejudice, noted the passing of these three with varying degrees of regret--the first was pleasant if non-essential, the second important if not indispensable, the third, at this particular point indispensable. And thus, with a nod and a shiver at this good Yale team and its huge line, it would appear that for the second successive season an underdog Crimson team will upset the Bulldogs...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/18/1954 | See Source »

...been insulted. I've been humiliated, I'll have my revenge one day." But Ali was beaten, and he knew it. Casually next evening, handsome Ghulam relaxed at a private showing of a movie called Love in Venice. (He is also an ardent Marilyn Monroe fan.) Thus, last week, a new regime was established in Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: The New Dictatorship | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...lowered horns and killed him, the crowd at the Ciudad Juárez ring went crazy over Pat McCormick, the U.S.'s first professional woman bullfighter. As she paraded around the arena with the bull's two ears that the admiring judge had awarded her, a fan called: "If you could only cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Brave Blonde | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...gallant police force guarded both the people and the polls yesterday, but only through the kindness of the men in pin-striped suits who wield the city's power. With their colorful ties carefully knotted, the City Councilmen trouped into their meeting this Monday for a pre-election fan-fare. Also on hand was Police Chief Patrick F. Ready, who settled into his chair as the meeting came to order...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves and Cliff F. Thompson, S | Title: Politics and Protection | 11/3/1954 | See Source »

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