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Word: fitful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...General Zwicker, commander of Camp Kilmer, N.J. and wartime Battle of the Bulge hero, annoyed McCarthy in early 1954 by okaying an honorable discharge for an Army dentist with Communist ties. McCarthy called him "not fit to wear that uniform," hounded him so unendurably in committee hearings and on the Senate floor that the Army counterattacked in the battle that led to the Senate resolution censuring McCarthy in December 1954. Zwicker is now a major general, commander of the XX Reserve Corps. *The nays, aside from Morse: Alaska's E. L. Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, Colorado's John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Compromised Mission | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Over the winter Tomy Lee seemed in bad trouble. He had to be fired twice for leg ailments, was out of action for two months when his forefoot became infected. But by Derljy Day he was plainly fit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Turner's Tomy | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...indefiniteness of the last objective--"something worthwhile"--is no accident, for the dean was right too. There is no obvious Wellesley stereotype on campus. The college prides itself on the ever-widening geographical distribution of its students, and weekday dress does not fit in with the usual picture of the Wellesley girl. (Leather jackets, lumber jackets, and gym suits were scattered plentifully...

Author: By Charles I. Kingson, | Title: Wellesley College: The Tunicata | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

...Smithies played innocent before the contest, saying they had "little experience in such affairs." However, before the climactic race started, the eight Western Massachusetts inhabitants took out a shell--despite loud fears voiced by the cox (or is it coxess?) that the boat could not possibly fit between the piers of the bridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smithies Visit Winthrop to Display Athletic Prowess | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

...Broken Man." Said the Daily Herald: "Sick men can't rule the world . . . It is the West's tragedy that the President is NOT fit for service. At 68, America's wartime hero is a broken man, incapable of the energy required to grasp important matters for any length of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Tearing Down to Build Up | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

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