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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plane from Bratislava an American passenger, Katherine Kosmak, USIS librarian in Prague, noticed nothing amiss until the pilot began to circle for a landing. Then she heard a woman remark: "Oh, this isn't Prague." On the field below were U.S. military planes. In a hubbub of surprise and alarm, the liner rolled out, taxied up to the line. U.S. officers yanked open the hatch, yelled: "Get out, get out! No one is going to be hurt. You are in Munich. One of your pilots doesn't like Czechoslovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Mutiny in the Air Lanes | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

...Safeway stores, clerks often see a slight, spectacled shopper who isn't a regular customer but looks vaguely familiar. The shopper is Lingan Alan Warren, 60, the $386,000-a-year president of Safeway who spends much of his time checking up on his stores by shopping like any housewife. Says he: "I'm just a customer like anyone else. If I ever forget that, I'm through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Customer's Man | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

...them, he recently confided to friends his fear that the average citizen was not willing to support the sacrifices he thought were required. "All affairs are a part of all people," Acheson told the World Affairs Council of Northern California last week. "Make everyone you know realize that. . . this isn't a job they have handed to me and that they can have a relaxed and amused attitude about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Help Wanted | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...unit little more than an hour per day) between the end of that vacation and the time of the first race with MIT and BU April 22. Tech had a strong and improving freshman boat last year which should have spilled considerable good material to the varsity, BU isn't much of a threat. Both have been on the Charles since early March, however, since their end of the river is relatively ice free...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Cold Gives Crew Late Start; New Boat Lineups Still Very Indefinite | 3/25/1950 | See Source »

Briggs Cage has the atmosphere of a florist's greenhouse. The sun comes in through a glass roof and mixes with the rising dust so that breathing becomes a very difficult chore. Oddly enough one man who spends a lot of time in the cage isn't even worried about breathing. Some sport they're playing there with bats and balls is enough to keep him fully occupied...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: McInnis and 50 Baseball Players Make Ready for 19 Game Schedule | 3/23/1950 | See Source »

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