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Word: footings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mlkvy's brilliant performance was only half of the story; the consistently terrible play of the Crimson was the other. Forced into taking poor shots--usually from beyond the 20-foot mark, the varsity was able to convert only 19 of 80 field goal attempts for an unhappy 23 per cent...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Penn Mauls Varsity Five In One-Sided 73-53 Game | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...something like a miracle," said Cyprus' harried British governor, Sir Hugh Foot, whose nation had stood aside while the other parties to the dispute-Greece and Turkey-finally sat down together. Last week, after 55 hours of hard and friendly bargaining in neutral Zurich, Turkey's Premier Adnan Menderes and Greece's Premier Constantine Karamanlis came down the main stairway of the Dolder Grand Hotel beaming at each other like a couple of old school chums. As they toasted each other in champagne, their staffs put the finishing touches on a 200-page outline constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Something Like a Miracle | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...problems that currently most agitate Arabs everywhere: "Had I been able to do so, I would have joined the Algerian liberation army. Every week one or two Iraqi aircraft carry arms and ammunition to the Algerians, and we shall send them more." Of Israel: "Be sure that every foot of usurped territory will be restored by Iraq in cooperation with the Arab sister states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: The Meaning of Ally | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...Portland, Ore. Ross Mudge, 40, almost completely paralyzed by polio, whiles away his time on a special telephone which he dials with a foot pedal. Thousands of other invalids earn their living, attend school or chat with friends on a variety of specially designed phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Voices Across the Land | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...Greater use of its "vast land reserves along Soldiers Field Rd.," on the other side of the river. New foot bridges across the Charles would provide accessibility to Houses on the other side...

Author: By Howard L. White, | Title: City Council Divides Over Sale of Land | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

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