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Word: mottoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mail and conferences that were the bajor part of his day's work. If he were in an expansive mood he would show the visitor a little plaque that had been given him. "Behold the Turtle! He Maketh Progress Only When H is Head is Sticking Out" was the motto on the plaque...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Held Endless Diversity of Interests | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...this conflict sprung a band of militant Torch Commandos led by Sailor Malan, a distant relation to the Premier. Their motto: Save the constitution. "They are working in close union with the anti-administration United party." Box said, "focusing attention on this issue with night time demonstrations...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Race-Conscious Union of S. Africa Faces Important Spring Elections | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

...Scout motto, adopted by Founder Lord Baden-Powell, whose South African Constabulary first used it "partly because ... it spoke of their readiness to take on any kind of duty . . . and also because it brought in my initials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Something for the Boys | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...slick formats of the anonymous Harvard Communist. It's motto was "Truth is Revolutionary...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: Commie Groups Thrived in 30's | 11/14/1952 | See Source »

John L. Lewis, a U.S. citizen who is bigger than the United States Government, an individual at whose nod the wheels of the greatest industrial system in the world grind towards a halt, a man whose unspoken motto is-The Public Be Damned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 10, 1952 | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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