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Word: iii (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admissions screening process on the Liot House--but none of the implications of its humor are left to the reader's imagination. "Macavitys Rat" picks up the old theme of extra-talented experimental animals and leaves it rather the worse for wear. Two men collaborated on Pygmalion, Mark III," thus making it twice as long and half as funny as it should have been...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: The Lampoon | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...Ever since the reign of George III, Britain's sovereign has surrendered most of the crown revenue to Parliament, which in turn, acting somewhat like an insurance company, gives some of it back in the form of specific annuities to members of the royal family. The system was designed largely to prevent an impulsive monarch from throwing away his substance wholesale. Actually, what the crown surrenders in revenues is twice what it gets back in allowances. Once in control of the money, the House of Commons has been traditionally reluctant to part with it. After a rowdy argument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Royal Wage | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

...three-award winner will be Kenneth J. Ryan of Savana, III. His prizes are all for research. Hugh R. Dudley, Jr. '48 of Huntington, West Virginia, will receive the Harvard Alumni Association Award...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eight Graduating Med School Men Get Prizes Today | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

Eleven students who were granted a continuance in Friday's trial go before Judge Louis Green at 9 a.m. this morning. They are David W. Cudhea '53, Augustus B. Field III '55, Charles Flather '54, Robert E. Giffen '52, Frederick Gooding Jr. '54, Frank M. Hardy '55, William S. Holbrook III '52, George H. Rose '54, Paul R. Rugo '55 and Norman Well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councillor Wants 3 College Curfew | 5/27/1952 | See Source »

Lucille was as dazzled by his full name (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III) as by his history. The only child of a prosperous Cuban politician who had been mayor of Santiago and a member of the Cuban Senate, Desi had fled to Miami with his mother during the revolution of 1933. His father, a supporter of President Machado, was put in jail, and the Arnaz possessions disappeared in the revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sassafrassa, the Queen | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

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