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Word: knits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...departure of Governor Earl Warren from the California political landscape two months ago to become U.S. Chief Justice opened up three big California questions: 1) What kind of governor would Warren's successor, Goodwin Jess Knight, make? 2) Would the tightly knit band of Warrenites who had run the state for ten years continue to run California Republicanism? 3) Would the G.O.P. be able to stay in power in the absence of Warren's bipartisan appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Under New Management | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...always got new ones. He was cheerful and well liked, even by men who fired him. He became a good salesman and as the years passed, drank less and less. The Thomas D. Palmers lived for their children, and in the end their fortress was their big, respectable, close-knit family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Visitors in Limbo | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...manager was caught scalping tickets. Informed of the charge, his immediate superior said "the implications made regarding the football community are absurd and not worthy. of comment." This statement reminded the University that the students and officials who devote their time to the Harvard football team form a close-knit community with a long and proud tradition. But insofar as it implied this case was unique, the retort was dead wrong. In the last two days it has become unmistakably clear that there is something rotten in the "football community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ticket Mess | 11/14/1953 | See Source »

Star of the Evening. On the night of the big contest in a jampacked, smoke-filled ballroom in the West End, Miss Egypt fainted at a strategic moment in the proceedings. After being revived, she refused to wear an evening gown, appeared instead in a knit skirt and blouse. But though she was the center of attention, she was not the star of the evening. The title of Miss World, and a $1,400 prize, went to Miss France. Miss Egypt finished third, after Miss Greece. "Phooey!" cried Miss Egypt. "The decision is wrong. You should see Miss France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Global Decision | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...depth and have lost only one meet, to Cornell, the Heptagonal champions. Four Bulldog seniors, Captain John Clearly, Martin Duckworth, John Meader, and Joe Albanese, have been bunched closely in meets this year. McCurdy's hopes for victory depend on Maguire, San Soucie, and French breaking up the tightly knit Yale group, as they did in last year's meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Meet Princeton, Yale for Big Three Trophy | 10/30/1953 | See Source »

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