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Word: latelys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that was where the Master Plan decreed that a Government tree should grow. After five months as head of Rich-land's frustrated, ineffectual city council, McDonald discovered that there was no government in Richland except the Atomic Energy Commission, and its contractor,, the General Electric Co. Late one night, Mayor McDonald labored over the manuscript of his first public speech, delivered it next day in a cold drizzle to 45 citizens and the American Legion band. Said he: "Our local government here is not a democracy. It could be called a benevolent dictatorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: Model City | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Kansas knew that Governor Frank Carlson wanted the job himself, but he knew no acceptable way to take it; to make himself a U.S. Senator would be to break a contract with Kansas voters. So for a month Governor Carlson had dillydallied over choosing a successor for the late Senator Clyde Reed. Last week the governor, after sifting through 232 names, finally made his choice. To fill out the remaining 13 months of Clyde Reed's term he appointed Harry Darby, a husky, gregarious son of a boilermaker who built himself into Kansas' No. 1 industrialist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KANSAS: Fill-In | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, at one time or another, Suzy Stephenson might well have passed Cristina de Borbón. Suzy is a pertly pretty ex-model from Birmingham, Ala. Cristina, a long-lashed Spanish beauty who has 27 other given names, is a relative of the late Alfonso XIII. Both Suzy and Cristina were involved last week with rich South Americans named Antenor. Suzy was on her way in the door, Cristina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Wives' Tale | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

This is not an opening match to be taken lightly. With no football team to worry about, MIT places a greater emphasis on wrestling. Myserson has had his men working out since late October and the Engineers have one victory to their credit already...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Quinted Meets Navy; Wrestlers Oppose MIT | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

Cazmay joined the group in 1912 and became its secretary seven years later. The late Frank Knapp of Leavitt and Peirce joined about the same time and until his death this fall was extremely active in the group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Businessmen Resolve Their Problems, Conduct Complete Social Program in 39 Year Old Tradition | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

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