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Word: levelation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cranberry scare illustrated the level of idiocy to which the American people have fallen [Nov. 23]. Cigarettes, long recognized as a possible cause of cancer, are still indiscriminately sold to people who can't think for themselves. But the minute that a possible cancer-causing chemical was thought to be on some cranberries, the whole nation went into pandemonium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1959 | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Making the event seem as unremarkable as possible, Britain's Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd announced to the House of Commons in his most toneless voice last week that "the governments of the United Arab Republic and the United Kingdom have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations at the level of chargé d'affaires." Harried, tight-lipped Selwyn Lloyd is the last survivor in office of the luckless foursome of Eden, Lloyd, Mollet and Pineau, who together planned the ill-fated invasion of Suez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUEZ: The Museum | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...proposed seminar must secure the approval of the Committee on Advanced Standing, plus the Committee on General Education to receive upper level Gen Ed credit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jameson May Teach Historical Geography In Freshman Seminar | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

Victoria Spurgeon showed a pleasing but small voice, and the two pianos should have scaled their volume down to a suitable level. Tom Blodgett was commendable as the eventually resourceful suitor, Caroline Cross direct, Daniel Larner conducted, and Lionel Spiro devised a felicitously ridiculous statue...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Reefers and Ringers | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

...convincingly create the atmosphere of friendliness, love, and sorrow that is the film's best quality. It is interesting to note, too, that they are a most ordinary looking lot, as the most complex individuals. But here, the actors make an effort to keep their characterizations on the proletarian level called for in the script. One believes that Valentina Telegina (who looks, incidentally, like a peasant mother symbol) is an uncomplicated woman devoted to her family and not bothered by the "greater things" taking place around...

Author: By Alice E. Kinzler, | Title: The House I Live In | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

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