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Word: overflowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kennedy made the remarks in an informal meeting with Wellesley students and their guests after he had delivered a prepared speech to an overflow crowd of some 1,300 in Wellesley's Alumnae Hall...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Kennedy Opposed to Recognition Of Communist Chinese Regime | 10/30/1957 | See Source »

...Accept the Challenge." Landing in Jackson, Kennedy read the local papers−and in them, a challenge from Mississippi Republican State Chairman Wirt Yerger Jr. for him to state his views on integration and segregation. While he kept an overflow reception crowd waiting in the Roof Room of the Heidelberg Hotel, Jack Kennedy hid out in his room, lolling in a warm bath while he thought through a revised version of his speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Through the Roadblock | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...overflow crowd in Sanders Theatre reacted with a violent outburst of mingled cheers and catcalls to the finger-pointing accusation of Professor George E. Kirk, a British scholar now associated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies here...

Author: By Fred E. Arnold, | Title: Makarios Pledges to Lead Cypriot Freedom Struggle | 10/19/1957 | See Source »

...inconveniences could be tolerated in Baden-Baden for a party prepared to pay $10,000 a day. While Willy mobilized, other Baden-Baden innkeepers embarked on the difficult task of persuading their own guests to double up in bathless bedrooms in order to take care of the princely overflow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Make Way for the King | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...opera, based on an Elizabeth Enright story, almost jolted the overflow (1,300) audience out of their seats, left them applauding wildly. Composer Bucci's score was lushly melodic, reminiscent in the sweeping emotional climaxes of both Puccini and Menotti, and pricked by dissonances which underscored the shrill chatter of Laura and Tracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Death in the Afternoon | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

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