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Word: fraying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even President Dodds stepped into the fray with several brief speeches. He explained why undergraduate rules were necessary and tried to put Heath into perspective. Coming late in the spring, these talks served to consolidate the issues and dampened some undergraduate excitement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychologist S. Roy Heath Studied Undergraduates, Left Mysteriously | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

...heels of the Farm Bureau charges, a member of the Board of Regents, J. Leroy Welsh, waded into the fray. "Several times I have complained about the writings and speeches of this individual made over the state and have brought this to the attention of the University." Speaking only for himself he said, "I am glad to have a group like these farmers pay attention to this sort of activity and call attention to it. I have no brief for anyone in a tax-supported institution who favors the destruction of the free enterprise system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Vindicated at Nevada and Nebraska | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

...which fray, one of the chiefs appearently in a Rage shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: BIG COMICS | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

Playing a sparkling game, Woody Simpson led the varsity in the fray scoring two tries and one conversion, good for eight points. Larry Boies scored another, and Bill Frate added to the Crimson's edge by kicking a three-point field goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Ruggers Top Bermuda Squad, 14-6 | 5/14/1954 | See Source »

...John Daly as an "unfinished morality play." The show dealt with each of the principals in turn, and, mostly, in their own words. It highlighted the interesting process by which Senator McCarthy has sought, in a few short weeks, to change his role from that of participant in the fray to that of a sorrowing observer of an unfortunate scuffle between his counsel, Roy Cohn, and the Army's counsel, John Adams. Daly was eminently successful in his announced purpose of taking up one subject each week "and wringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

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