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Word: hunts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Spectacular Job-Hunt. Of 18 bridges in the heart of London, the Mad Major had shot 15, missing Hungerford, Barnes and Kew because "the rising currents were tricky . . . and I didn't want to take any risks." Then he flew back to the Herts & Essex Airplane Club and stepped out on to the tarmac, a splendid, grey-haired figure (6 ft. 2 in.) in blue blazer and the wings of the Royal Aero Club. "I feel absolutely marvelous, marvelous," he said, ticking off the bridges as if they were fallen Fokkers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Mad Major | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...often been a will-o'-the-wisp . . . For example, few news articles worth reading can be shorn of all adjectives. Yet whenever a reporter writes of the 'beautiful' Rita Hayworth, 'scowling' John L. Lewis, 'Millionaire' Charles E. Wilson or 'Red-hunt ing' Joe McCarthy, he is influencing the reaction of readers in a somewhat nonobjective way, even though he can defend his choice of words with undisputed proof. Honest newspapermen will admit, also, that they unavoidably influence reader reaction by [the placement of] articles . . . The mere fact that an article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Fetish of Objectivity | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...source of TV drama by buying an option on all the plays of the late George Bernard Shaw. This week, on the last show of the current Omnibus season, televiewers will see the first of the Shaw plays: Arms and the Man, starring Walter Slezak and Martita Hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Shaw on TV | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...Liberals can also err" and so can the liberals who edit the CRIMSON in spite of their supremacy in the ibis hunt. Your attention is respectfully drawn to the following points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TIDELANDS IBIS | 4/29/1953 | See Source »

...maximum. Some of the flights are sure to be unpleasant, but Bill does not worry much. The flights will not come very close together; after almost every flight the X-3 is torn apart to remove some of its hazards. Between flights, Bill can enjoy his considerable salary, hunt for abalone on the surf-foaming rocks, and enjoy the guest of the evening in his beach house. If he worried overmuch, he would not be a test pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bill & the Little Beast | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

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