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Word: lostness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jewel Well Lost. In Cyprus, though Archbishop Makarios declared himself "satisfied" with the agreement, the EOKA underground was still silent, and Greek Cypriots wavered between cautious optimism and fearful skepticism. In Greece left-wingers and their Communist friends called the agreement a "national disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Something Like a Miracle | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...lost like a beast in an enclosure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Lost Like a Beast | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

Yale has not been beaten in dual swimming meets since 1945, when a war-depleted team lost to Army. Last week Kiphuth was in his accustomed spot at poolside as his charges walloped Columbia 57-29-Yale's 176th consecutive dual-meet victory, and notable only for the fact that it surpassed Kiphuth's own earlier record of 175 consecutive victories set between 1924 and 1937. But a sadder milestone faces Kiphuth. He has reached Yale's mandatory retirement age of 68, will be forced to retire at the end of this season. Phil Moriarty. a trusted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Master of the Pool | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...year-old soldier from Fort Myer, Va., where he is singing in the U.S. Army Chorus. Walker had never sung the Rake role before but had learned it as understudy, hopes to become a professional singer after he gets out of the Army. Finally, Tenor Hugues Cuenod lost his voice, responded enough to frantic, last-minute medication to carry off his role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Capital Culture | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...said one critic. Others acclaimed her "sovereign manipulation of tonal line," the subtle clarity of her rock-solid rhythm, taste and imagination. Wrote one fan: "It seems that the dry, tinkling sounds emanating from this delicate box satisfy an inherent longing for an orderly perfection which has long been lost in our vulgar present day." Last week, as Germany's "Hausfrau at the Harpsichord" continued her triumphant tour, she said wonderingly: "Everyone makes me feel like something of a missionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hausfrau at the Harpsichord | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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