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Word: greenes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Holly. N.C.. in charge of this pinpoint on 500 miles of West German frontier, had his .30-cal. machine guns dug in. his field telephone ready at hand. Beyond the barbed wire and strip of plowed land that marked the border lay the peaceful green hills of East Germany's Thuringia-and as close as 20 miles beyond that, as Sergeant Nolen knew, lay outposts of an elite, nuclear-armed Soviet army group of 20 to 25 divisions and more than 5.000 modern tanks. Nolen's key weapon was his telephone: 30 minutes after his warning, five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Forces on the Ground | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Into the hall one typical Thursday walked nine hopefuls with eight minutes apiece to do their stuff. Three lights concealed onstage gave them their signals: green (speak louder), yellow (one more minute), red (stop). By way of a warmup, Chicago's Mrs. Charles S. Clark, who started the audition system 41 years ago. promised a program of "artists in embryo," recited a little poem entitled, Because I Got Up So Early Today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ROAD: Ladies' Day | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...mural to depict scenes related to their art." Siqueiros promptly let out a cry of rage, called it wanton censorship, threatened to take the issue to the actors themselves, by "force if necessary; jail does not frighten me." With the fire of battle glinting once again in his green eyes, Siqueiros scoffed: "What kind of tragedy did you expect me to portray in a mural?°A Greek tragedy? Nonsense. For me, tragedy in present-day Mexico is the struggle of labor to become independent of government control. Besides, why are you so shocked? You knew what my politics were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Red & Hot | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...Green Thumb. In Detroit, police found longtime Drug Addict J. Papp standing on the grass in the center strip of the Willow Run Expressway holding a shovel, some fertilizer, and a cigarette package full of marijuana seeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...Green, like several of the varsity's recent opponents, has already played Yale and lost, 8 to 1. Dartmouth won only the second doubles match, and took only two sets in losing the other eight matches. Williams, in fact, put on a better show against Yale Monday, losing by 7-2. But the Indians have at least one fine player in Dick Hoehn and they should be tough to beat...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tennis Team to Face Dartmouth, Trounces Stubborn Williams, 8-1 | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

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