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Word: michigan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rising young Republican lawyer in Cincinnati (who still defends a first vote for Franklin Roosevelt), he dabbled in politics, got elected to two terms (1950-53) as a city councilman. Appointed by President Eisenhower in 1954 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee), he won the respect of lawyers and the U.S. Justice Department for his solid, keenly reasoned opinions, showed a flair for casting opinions in clear and forceful English. Wrote Judge Stewart, upholding the habeas corpus appeal of a prisoner who had been whisked before a judge late at night, convicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE YOUNG JUSTICE | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Democrat, Too. The fast-stepping financing required by such production costs is second nature to Stevens, who quit the University of Michigan as a sophomore when his family was short of cash, seven years later boasted a $50,000 bank account and a $25,000-a-year income from Detroit real estate deals. After a wartime hitch in the Navy, merely making money was not enough for Stevens, and he drifted into Detroit's Drama Guild. Before long, he bought his way onto Broadway, joined the board of ANTA, then became a member of the Playwrights' Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Stage-Struck Shrewdie | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...Dick Bass maintained his lead as the nation's leading ground-gainer, averaged 11.3 yds. a carry for 135 yds. as little (enrollment: 1,670) College of the Pacific rolled over Brigham Young 26-8. Outgained in all departments, Navy made use of a rocklike defense to stop Michigan drives seven times, pull a 20-14 upset to label itself a slight threat to Army in the East. Cornell proved once more the folly of Ivy League teams competing outside their own bailiwick. The undefeated Big Red got mauled 55-0 by Syracuse in a game so lopsided that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shakedown | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...Michigan's bow-tied Governor G. Mennen Williams, running for a sixth term, revealed that his pretty campaign helpmate, wife Nancy, was bedded with a rare disease, "infectious polyneuritis," which results in severe pain and extreme difficulty in walking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 6, 1958 | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

...Underdog Lehigh scored after trailing Delaware 7-0, faced the crucial choice: kick for the tie, or run or pass for the victory. Lehigh gambled and won 8-7. ¶ Southern California made two last-quarter touchdowns to come within a point of favored Michigan. Like Lehigh, Southern Cal went for the win, wound up 20-19 losers when the pass play for two points was stopped short of the end zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Two-Point Conversion | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

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