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Word: kappa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in Princeton, he graduated a Phi Beta Kappa and valedictorian. Grandfather had won the argument as to how the turbine was to be used; it was to be used in the law. Foster took a year at the Sorbonne and went to Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Peacemaker | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

...where he did little else than sit reading in the library with his hair in his eyes, looking like an emaciated sheep dog. After testing him, the psychology department reported that he had a remarkable memory. Unkempt, unloved and unknown, he was on his way to a Phi Beta Kappa key, perhaps to a life of scholarship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Priceless Gift of Laughter | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

Nugent made Thurber get his hair cut and buy a new blue suit, then got him into his own fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi. Thurber blossomed and expanded. He became an editor of the college daily and editor in chief of the humorous monthly, acted for the dramatic club, was elected to the senior honor society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Priceless Gift of Laughter | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...Holtsapple, 63, prominent Columbus galosh manufacturer, died of complications last night at his home, 396 N. Persimmon Blvd." Any attempts by the staff to get wit or originality into the paper usually landed on the spike. The city editor, who began by addressing Thurber as "Author" and "Phi Beta Kappa," came to respect him, but Thurber still sees this Legree in a recurring anxiety dream: "He runs up to my desk with a shoe in his hand and says, 'We've got just ten minutesto get this shoe in the paper.' Boy, do I move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Priceless Gift of Laughter | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

Liberal Terms. In North Adams, Mass., seeking summer caretakers for their fraternity house, Williams College's Kappa Alphas advertised in the Transcript for a "single or married couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 2, 1951 | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

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