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Word: neared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Direction. On a highway near Modena, Italy, someone painted a fresh, straight, white center line at a sharp curve, sent 14 cars into a ditch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1959 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Michigan has had a hard time for the past few months. Its budget has been unbalanced by falling income, and expenses have been increased by welfare charges. Indeed, by the accounts of conservatives, the entire concept of the welfare state is crumbling in the near bankruptcy of Governor G. Mennen Williams' Presidential hopes...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Buy Now, Pay Never | 3/21/1959 | See Source »

Robert Stevens, the victim, was crossing a one-way thoroughfare near the Statler Hotel when Barber struck him, police said. According to their report, Barber was going in the wrong direction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Apprehended On Hit-Run Charge | 3/21/1959 | See Source »

...keep pace with the times, the Dining Hall Department is likewise "exploring the possibility of redesigning other House dining areas." Plans have been tentatively drawn for Eliot House, and other studies will commence soon. The Central Kitchen itself will not expand in the near future, since the ninth and tenth Houses will have independent kitchens, but it may be partially reconstructed...

Author: By Daniel N. Flickinger, | Title: Dining Hall Department Faces Price Squeeze | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

...work, except that it confirmed the impression of force and individuality made by Rzewski's earlier pieces last year. William Wilder's Duo for String Quartet, another example of minimal performance instructions did not quite come off, perhaps because the players did not take full advantage of the near-complete rhythmical freedom they were given. John Cage's Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard, which employs only eleven sounds, turned out to be a rather lame divertimento, though several Islamic touches near the end provoked cautious amusement...

Author: By Edgar Murray, | Title: Revolution in New Music: Webern and Beyond | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

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