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Word: nelsons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nelson Dyar, American, was "not at all distinguished in appearance. He did not look like an actor or a statesman or an artist, nor yet like a workman, a businessman or an athlete." Moreover, when the Marquesa de Valverde peered into his palm, she could see "no sign of anything ... an empty hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Poor Devil | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...Nelson's empty hand, nonetheless, Novelist Paul (The Sheltering Sky) Bowles has tried to create a modern hero. Dyar is not a man, he is a vacuum. His only deep desire is to fill his own emptiness. He throws up his job as a New York bank teller, takes ship to Tangier, and waits for things to happen to him-any things, so long as they are solid enough to give him the feeling of being in touch with reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Poor Devil | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...Mahlon Burke, of Athol and 26 Fresh Pond Parkway, Richard Totten Button, of Englewood, New Jersey, and Lowell, Humphrey Doermann of New York City and Lowell, Edmond Joseph Gong, of Miami and Kirkland, Benjamin Franklin Macdonald, of Pittsburgh and Winthrop, Louis Butler McCagg, of Cambridge and Winthrop, Charles Edward Nelson, of Marin, Indiana, and Kirkland, Samuel Scoville Paschal, of New York City and Leverett, and Richard Martin Sandler, of Verona, New Jersey, and Dunster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Elects Peterson, Lewis, Carrington Class Marshals | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

Charles E. Nelson; Kirkland; Crimson Key, President; House Committee, Chairman; House football, track, cross country; PBH Combined Charities Drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Number of Candidates Vies for Places | 2/28/1952 | See Source »

...Films expects to finish shooting this week on its first project for this term. Nelson C. Gelassi '53 the writer and producer, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Films Finish First Production This Week | 2/27/1952 | See Source »

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