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Word: lawns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Meeting in New York, the strait-laced U.S. Lawn Tennis Association loosened amateur standards enough to conform with International Lawn Tennis Federation rules. Main changes: amateurs (beginning at 21 instead of 35) may now work for sporting-goods firms, may teach tennis in schools and colleges if employed as regular faculty members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jan. 25, 1954 | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...Lawn Tennis Association released its tentative national rankings, naming U.S. Champion Tony Trabert No. 1, ahead of Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas. Top-ranked woman, for the third straight year: U.S., Wimbledon and Aus-ralian Champion Maureen Connolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Presently, however, Atheneum officials have nothing but good words for the cemetery behind them. The expanse of headstone dotted lawn that houses the "tempestuous spirits" of the revolution has assured the library a refuge from the newer turmoil of Tremont St. Outside these spirits lie quietly; inside, aired on oaken frames, and in statue filled halls, they move again...

Author: By Michael O. Finkristein, | Title: Acropolis on Beacon | 12/9/1953 | See Source »

...TIME cover. He commutes to New York every other Wednesday to deliver a portrait and pick up his next assignment. During the work on a cover, he walks a mile before breakfast and does elaborate calisthenics to combat easel fatigue. The one exercise he hates is mowing the lawn. He is seriously thinking, he says, of planting the entire area with green concrete of rough texture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

That afternoon, after a brief rest and luncheon preceded by a prim round of sherry, Ike and Mamie emerged from the forbidding mansion to plant two ceremonial maple trees on the frozen lawn. That night, at a glittering, full-dress state dinner, the President was toasted and in turn proposed the toast to the Queen. The President wore the British Order of Merit, awarded him by the late King George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: State Visit | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

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