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Word: lone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stage while a warm-up man kindled an audience which consisted mainly of old people. The dapper m.c. led several communal hymns, but most of the singing was done by an on-stage group of "Christian Youth." As a group the "Youth" averaged about forty years old--a lone teenager clasped his hands to his face and shook nervously during the first hymn. (During the second hymn he bolted into the wings.) There was an accordion number next, rendered by two girls in white. One of them announced in a flat monotone that she was "shout in' happy this afternoon...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 10/11/1951 | See Source »

...somehow, Manilal did not seem to have the Mahatma touch. He cut a lone figure. Durban's whites, who in this year's census for the first time in history found themselves outnumbered by Indians, are more anti-Indian than ever. Manilal tried to sell his case to the Natal Indian Congress, founded by his father in 1894. But the Congress ignored their founder's son, and, led by the Communists, spent their time denouncing "American imperialism in Korea." Worst of all, Malan's government also ignored him, and proved that passive resistance might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Unaccepted Challenge | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...lone Yard policeman sent Leverett House men running like scared rabbits last night when he appeared on the scene of their annual fall riot. Spark for the outbreak was set off by entry beer parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: End of a Riot | 10/3/1951 | See Source »

...somewhat inane to complain of Iron Curtain restrictions when we laughingly violate them in a way which can only make them more strict? To be sure, it was a good lark: but Americans, even Harvardians, are going to have to learn that they cannot be Men of Distinction and Lone Rangers at the same time. Staughton Lynd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

...somewhat inane to complain of Iron Curtain restrictions when we laughingly violate them in a way which can only make them more strict? To be sure, it was a good lark: but Americans, even Harvardians, are going to have to learn that they cannot be Men of Distinction and Lone Rangers at the same time. Staughton Lynd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

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