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Word: handly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hopes of a Widener romance between Jane Bisque '59 and Eric Stough '59 have faded recently, as they've been having trouble finding two adjacent empty chairs in the reading room. "I'm sorry about it," said Janie, "I was getting quite good at writing with my left hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffies Thrilled By Nuptial Bells | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

...indeed amazing, as one peruses the Harvard catalogue, to discover that the University still offers no courses in the interesting and important field of phrenology. Phrenology is, in the words of the Fowler brothers, "a noble discipline, practical and spiritual, useful for head and hand, foot and mouth, hide and hair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It Goes to Your Head | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

...other hand, there is always palmistry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Other Hand | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

...Russians, the eight-game series against American amateur and college teams was an excellent warmup for the world amateur championships in Prague in March. Their first three games were scheduled against the American Nationals, a hand-picked team of former collegians who will also play in Prague. Since learning the sport in 1946 from books and newsreels of Canadian pro games, the Russians have improved so rapidly that they won the world championship tournament in 1954, finished second every year since and skated off with the 1956 Olympic title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Deadpan Winners | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

Premiere of an ambitious, if not downright cluttered, series of seminars exploring, in Socratic fashion, the fundamental principles and assumptions of the Western world; each week there will be 48 thinkers on hand, or about 40 more than Socrates was able to handle at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jan. 19, 1959 | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

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