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Word: lead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...novel that sounds farcical echoes of Kafka. The manuscript, which Piatigorsky used to carry about with him in his cello case wherever he went, concerns one Dr. Blok, a painter who represents the eternal outcast and misfit. Blok's misadventures begin with his falling into a ditch, lead on to a Turkish bath frequented by a couple that have leprosy, and continue with a sort of Freudian secret society that tries to honor Dr. Blok by returning him to the womb (whether literally or symbolically, Author Piatigorsky does not say). But something goes wrong, and Dr. Blok winds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Grischa & Sir William | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...when the pack hit the homestretch, there was Iron Liege coming on to take the lead. Bold Ruler was out of it, despite a desperate whiplashing by Arcaro. Closing fast from almost last at the start was English-bred Gallant Man, ridden by California's great Willie Shoemaker. Driving for the wire, Gallant Man inched past Iron Liege. And then Jockey Shoemaker made a horrendous mistake. Thinking he had crossed the finish line, he eased off Gallant Man and stood up in the stirrups. It checked Gallant Man for an eye flick-and in that instant the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Son of a Gun Who Can Run | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...Steel, which five years ago began work on developing direct-reduction pilot models at its South Chicago plant, is now designing an almost commercial-sized plant which it is considering locating at its Fairless Works in Bucks County, Pa. ¶Republic Steel Corp. and National Lead Co. have formed a joint corporation to promote adoption of their R-N rotary-kiln process developed in Birmingham. Unlike the other processes, this one employs a solid carbon fuel instead of a reducing gas. ¶Arthur D. Little, Inc. (TIME, April 1) is developing its own process, using patents from the Esso Research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEEL: Rival for the Blast Furnace | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...varsity tallied two goals in the first period and one in the second, holding the Indians, currently second place team in the Ivy League, to a 4 to 3 lead at halftime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Lacrosse Team Routs Crimson Squad, 15-3 | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...process of striving to learn, though incompletely, man will be faced, in studying himself, with the mutual exclusiveness which pervades modern atomic theory, and this will lead to the acceptance of a partial order, inherent in the knowledge of ourselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oppenheimer Cites Limits Of Human Self-Knowledge | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

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