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Word: nearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...club currently has six men with the requisite commercial licenses, and hopes to add six more in the very near future. It will rent its planes (Piper Tripacers) from the East Coast Aviation Service, and will operate out of Bedford Airport...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Flying Club Offers Charter Trips At Cost to Any Points in Area | 2/13/1959 | See Source »

After tracing the beginnings and later splits of American faiths, Parsons said that he foresaw "no radically different change in religion in the near future." He claimed, "The great controversy of science versus religion has subsided and will continue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parsons Speaks On Faith Trends | 2/13/1959 | See Source »

...walls of one of its rooms a huge chart, tracing the status of each sophomore with each club. A glance at this chart could tell the Committee who was "in trouble," who was not likely to receive a bid, and for these unfortunates the Committee performed near-miraculous service...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Princeton Seeks a 'Meaningful Alternative' | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

Waists: Down. By tradition (and the essential limitations of design), fashion rings up changes in three areas: hemline, waist and shoulders. For 1959, hemlines and waists are lower. The trend is to nicely bloused tops, wider shoulderlines, sleeves that hover near the elbow level, big collars, plenty of pleats and button-downs-provided the top three buttons stay unbuttoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: Return to Normalcy | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...long (1915-34) Marine occupation, stayed on when the troops went home, as director of the country's only insane asylum, took up the study of voodoo, became a houngan (priest) and internationally famed explicator of the jungle rites; of a heart attack; at his wattled hut near Port-au-Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 9, 1959 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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