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Word: knowns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After reading TIME'S account of the sophomoric views of Sir Julian Huxley, one almost despairs of hoping that he and his better known brother Aldous will ever grow up to the size of their intellects. HERBERT O. WILLIAMS Arlington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 28, 1959 | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...President of the U.S. flies homeward this week from his eleven-nation world trip, he brings back snapshot recollections of vivid ceremony and unaffected friendliness. Dwight Eisenhower, the world's best-known, most respected statesman, lifted personal prestige and national influence to new highs from Rome to New Delhi to Paris. But equally as important as the President himself was the backdrop of popular reaction to his visits. His trip was a success because the American idea is a success; he had once and for all destroyed the myth that anti-Americanism prowls the world. The roaring welcomes defined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Success for an Idea | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...surviving specimen of the Yokumberry tree, whose fruit distills a tonic that can make any man as big and strong and beautiful as Li'l Abner (Peter Palmer). Then the plot thickens as the villain (Howard St. John) slinks upon the scene in the form of that well-known Cappitalist, General Bullmoose ("What's good for General Bullmoose is good for the U.S.A."). His plot: to secure the secret formula of Yokumberry Tonic and sell it to the thirsty public as Yoka Cola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...Complicated Canon. Hedley is known at Mills as a courtly, gentle man with a lively interest in a number of things, from electric trains (five in the basement) and cats (there were once 17) to archaeology and tennis. He speaks half a dozen languages and is a prolific writer of books (eleven), sermons and speeches. Says former Mills President Lynn White: "He can turn out 24 clean limericks an hour." Says another colleague: "George Hedley can call more bishops and baseball players by their first names than anyone else I know. He is like St. Paul in meeting people where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Episcopal Methodist | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Underwood, who was appointed 23 years ago by F.D.R. and is known as a tough man on the bench, disregarded the trustbusters' recommendations. He fined the companies $20,000 and the individuals $5,000, plus the jail sentences, saying: "In cases of this character a fine is not a sufficient deterring factor." When defense attorneys protested that the jailing was unheard of. Underwood snapped: "There always has to be a first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Mercy of the Court | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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