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Word: mindedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gertrude, of course, never worried about letting herself go. Someone made the remark that, like George Washington, whose birth month she shared, she was impulsive and slow-minded. It is easy to see her as she was then, hair pulled back in an untidy bun, skirt and blouse refusing to...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Gertrude Stein at Radcliffe: Most Brilliant Women Student | 2/18/1959 | See Source »

Venezuela's problems officially become President Romulo Betancourt's problems this week. Before a skeleton crew of delegates from overseas-held down at the economy-minded President-elect's own request, he will get into the ceremonial sash and inherit the headaches left by ousted Dictator Marcos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Quiet Inauguration | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

A "progressive" educator, for example, is a very bad man who is variously charged with being anti-intellectual, anti-social, and feeble minded. These progressives are termed "educationists," to distinguish them from more academic "educators." According to their critics, these "life-adjusters" are engaged in a conspiracy to exalt adolescent...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Pres. Conant, Adm. Rickover: 2 Prescriptions for Our Time | 2/13/1959 | See Source »

Lately, it seemed as if Sterling Hayden had really learned how to act; he turned in a fine TV performance in Playhouse go's Old Man. In 1955, his second marriage had broken up, and this year, the court, after examining wife Betty Ann's record, awarded custody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: To Break Out | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Another yarn, Call of the Sea, tells of a banquet and ball given by the nautical-minded British ambassador on a log raft in Belgrade's Sava River. It is a superb affair until the raft slips its moorings and makes a break for the Danube. Passing under Belgrade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Slivovitz | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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