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Word: handly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spirit only. Wild Bill was killed on the afternoon of Aug. 2, 1876 in the Number Ten Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Nonentity Jack McCall. The carets Bill was holding fell to the floor face up-aces and eights, known ever after as the "dead man's hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...other hand, Mrs. Killborne said she had received no complaint that a landlord broke the pledge. If this happens, the Registry would drop the offender from the apartment list...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 450 Leasers Will Not Sign PBH Pledge | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

Uneven pitching was characteristic of both teams. While Brandeis tightened up on giving away hits in the second half of the game, it yielded seven walks in the last three innings. On the other hand Harvard's Ed Wadsworth began to lose control towards the end of the game, and although he walked only five, he let the count go up to 3-2 for almost every batter in the last three innings, and got his four strikeouts early...

Author: By Jean J. Darling, | Title: Varsity Baseball Defeats Brandeis | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

...them and withstanding the many temptations which the near-absence of administrative control invites. It is thus legitimate for the bitter student-leader to feel that he is his own conscience; with fellow students apathetic and administrators fearful lest they become paternalistic, he is given quite a free hand...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Student Representative: Academic Alienation | 4/17/1959 | See Source »

...always "gonna" write the great work. He had promised F.D.R. that would write the naval history himself, with only necessary assistance, which was provided by former pupils and one Yale man (an already established naval historian). His unbeatable approach left the Navy Department-- and the world--a first-hand account of what happened at sea. His example proved the military value of a scholar...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: World War II: Faculty Plays Key Role | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

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