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Word: opener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...instance of this intellectual reticence is in the predominating attitude of open acceptance toward ex-President Harry S. Truman, Buckley observed. Even "perceptive" men like Dean Acheson and Adlai Stevenson "fail to stand firm in judiciously assessing Mr. Truman's personal limitations." Instead, they and others yield to "transcendent considerations" and "continue to undermine the standards of honesty and courage and perception by which nations flourish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Buckley Attacks 'Thinking People' For Lack of Intellectual Conviction | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

William F. Buckley, Jr., editor of the National Review, will speak on "The Decline of Intellectuals in Public Affairs" at 8 tonight in Emerson D. The Harvard Young Republican Club and the Harvard Conservative League are co-sponsoring the talk, which is free and open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Buckley to Speak | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

...drama, as so many know by now, takes place in a garret above an Amsterdam spice factory, where a group of Jewish refugees live in secret, under constant threat of discovery by the Nazis. Stevens' attempts to escape his spatial limitations, through open window spots and photographic tricks, are, on the whole, successful...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: The Diary of Anne Frank | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

...Scott Brady) proceeds to give the sheriff an incurable case of lead poisoning. It is obviously high time for law and order to come to the town of Bottleneck. And it does, with no-gun Deputy Tom Destry (Andy Griffith) fresh out of law school and full of wide open spaces in his speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical on Broadway, may 4, 1959 | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...largest single stock purchase by 26 major U.S. funds in the fourth quarter of 1958 was the holding company for Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, the G.E. of Holland. So many orders are going into London from the U.S. that at least two London brokers are keeping their trading desks open until 8:30 p.m. to handle orders to buy British securities. The Frankfurt stock exchange, which closes before the New York Stock Exchange opens because of the time difference, is thinking of reopening later if U.S. transactions get heavier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Good Buys, But.. . | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

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