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Word: occasionals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in December 1956, when Batista was firmly ensconced as President of Cuba, and mainly occupied with doing what he could to bolster the sagging sugar trade, Dr. Fidel Castro and a group of his followers made the first landing on the coast of Cape Cruz. The august London Times...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Times Out of Joint | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

Given this go-ahead from the world's top trading nation, other European nations followed suit. In rapid succession, West Germany, Italy, the Scandinavian countries and the Benelux nations all proclaimed their currencies externally convertible. (Denmark, responding to the drama of the occasion, revealed that it was following the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Toward Freedom | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

In the world of pop music-which is bluesy and sometimes boozy, rocking and often shocking-Singer Pat Boone, 24, stands out as an exemplary type. While earning a reported $750,000 a year, he lives modestly in suburban Teaneck, NJ. with the wife he married at 19 and their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Teen Commandments | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

In the red and black terms of fiscal policy, it was a dramatic occasion. After a paring arid scraping, President Eisenhower had almost in hand, to present to the 86th Congress next month, a balanced budget with about $77 billion incoming against about $77 billion outgoing.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Black-Ink Budget | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

His picture is based on The Greek Passion, a novel of spiritual ideas and earthy instances (TIME, Jan. 11, 1954), in which Nikos Kazantzakis retold the story of Christ's Passion as a modern occasion. The scene is set in a Greek village that has grown rich and careful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 29, 1958 | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

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