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Word: keens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Progressive Conservative. Ecuador's new President is a well-groomed, keen-minded lawyer who at 33 headed his nation's delegation to the United Nations founding conference at San Francisco. Later he served as Public Works Minister, Senator, Interior Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Minority President | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

...tough Hausa tribesmen of the Moslem north, the town-dwelling Yorubas of the southwest, and the aggressive, hard-driving Ibo farmers of the east. Each region now has its own semi-autonomous government. Britain would like them to federate with a strong central government. The only Nigerians who are keen for this idea, because they are confident they would dominate the federation, are Zik and his fellow Ibos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: Down But Not Out | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

Competition in the Summer School Tennis Tournament became more keen this week as many contestants were eliminated in the recent second round of the mixed doubles and men's singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquets Swing, Balls Keep Flying | 8/2/1956 | See Source »

...true hero, a shy, sensitive octopus many times the turtle's size. The assault only bores the octopus. Secrets ends with a wild battle between the octopus and the movie's most sinister actor, a moray eel. Result: a draw, with the myopic eel's keen sense of smell fouled up by the wounded octopus' ink defenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 30, 1956 | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

Dekker was an unsurpassedly keen observer of contemporary London life, if not a peeping Tom; and he gave us here a vivid picture of the artisan and aristocratic milieus. The finest social comedy of its age, Holiday has special appeal for us today: it presents pre-echos of the Horatio Alger story, champions the ideals of democracy (even the King proclaims that "love respects no blood, cares not for difference of birth or state"), and contains the first labor sit down strike in drama...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Shoemaker's Holiday | 7/19/1956 | See Source »

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