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Word: hunts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind him straggled a collection of other hikers, both natural and synthetic, such as had seldom been seen together since the invention of the safety bicycle put an end to the Sunday trillium hunt. Editorial Writers Merlo Pusey and Robert Estabrook of the Washington Post (which advocates building a parkway along the canal) were almost lost in the throng. In the nine weeks since Justice Douglas (who wants the canal area left undefiled) challenged the Post editors to take the hike with him (TIME, Feb. I) and thus see the error of their ways, all sorts of volunteers had joined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURE: The Woods Walkers | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

Bazy also tried another tack. She called a long list of potential backers, including such conservative millionaires as Sears, Roebuck's Chairman General Robert Wood, ex-Ambassador to England Joseph Kennedy, and Texas Oilmen H. L. Hunt, Sid Richardson, Hugh Roy Cullen and Clint Murchison. Before her 45 hours were up, she had pledges for about $4,000,000, but when she asked the colonel for time to raise more, he said "No, no, no." The colonel was determined to sell to Meyer because he respected him as a professional newspaperman. The colonel did not want to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sale of the Times-Herald | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...Emerson Hunt, general information manger at the Boston office of the company, when contacted yesterday, stated that he had never heard of such a thing and was "sure it couldn't be wide spread in the telephone system...

Author: By William W. Bartley iii, | Title: Line Tappers Make Calls, Others Get Bills | 3/25/1954 | See Source »

...sacked him for it, and I would do it again," said Farmer W. G. James. "Roger was a fine worker and a grand lad." Said Colonel E. P. Butler, hunt secretary: "Hunting is the way to keep down the fox population. Not a very good show, was it?" Roger booked passage for Canada. Said his young wife: "We want to forget this unpleasant episode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gad, Sir! | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

...Conquest of Everest, by Sir John Hunt. An engrossing account of the great climb by the commander of the expedition (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Mar. 22, 1954 | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

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