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Word: matches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson rugby team emerged muddy but unbowed from its first match of the season last Saturday, beating M.I.T., 6 to 0, for its first fall win in three years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Ruggers Beat M.I.T., 6-0, In Season's Opener; J.V.'s Lose | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

Moving into this taut situation with the touch of a blustering gamesman, Khrushchev put himself in a position to boast that only his timely threats had saved Syria from the terrible Turks. For most Arabs know that the seedy Syrian army constitutes no match for Turkey's 500,000 formidable soldiers. To the aroused Arabs, it seemed all too likely that the Turks were eager to take on the job of policing the Middle East for the Western powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dabbling in Chaos | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...Mercedes-Benz line that it distributes in the U.S., the cars show few mechanical or style changes. Most models are about 2 in. lower, offer a "luxury-level ride" incorporating variable coil springs that automatically adjust to road conditions. One new car: a Packard "Hawk" sports car to match Studeba-ker's Hawk series, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Little Two | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...nobody-not even Gimbels-could quite match the Sputnik sense of Manhattan's Macy's. where space sales were up 1.000% within a week. Rushed to the store by cargo planes and taxicabs, some 10,000 satellite balloons, ray guns and missile trackers were crammed into a new display area manned by perspiring salesmen in space suits and helmets. Pervading all was a real-live recording of the Red Sputnik's throaty beeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Into the Orbit | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...Return Match. In Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Flora Cosetta Smith Cooper filed suit for divorce, charging that her husband broke up with a girl friend one day, married Flora the next, went back to his girl friend the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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