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Word: finer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Loyal McGuffians wound up their celebration with an old-fashioned spelling bee and took part in a recitation contest. Later they discussed the possibilities of someday building an even finer museum. No one was quite sure how it could be done with the society's present dues of 10? a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Textbook Museum | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

...outfield Slugger Ted Williams warming up in another league. Recalled to active duty in the Marine Corps last May, Captain Williams, who served three years with the Marines in World War II, one of them as aviation instructor at Pensacola, is getting a refresher course in the finer points of fighter planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Beautiful People | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

...Finer Things. In Cincinnati, Dr. Lowell Keirle, 26, won a divorce from her husband, Dr. Alfred M. Keirle. 29, on her charge that he brought home champagne, orchids and $500 worth of tropical fish when what they really needed was food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 9, 1952 | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

...Tokyo, the horsy set dressed up and headed for the royal paddocks on the Imperial Palace grounds to compare social notes and the finer points of riding at the annual exhibition. Among those present: Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway, trim and tailored (and soon to be notified of a change of residence-see INTERNATIONAL), who shared a front-row view with Jockey-for-the-Day Crown Prince Akihito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 5, 1952 | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...ticket sale. No one offered to kill the referees and no one screamed for the manager's scalp. If a score appeared imminent, spectators shouted a genteel, "have a go." A scoring failure was greeted with good-natured cries of "good try, lad." A finer scoring shot was rewarded with cries of "Smashing!" Arsenal scored late in the first half; in the second half, Chelsea tied it up in a melee in front of the Arsenal goal. It ended that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series in Britain | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

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