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Word: overwhelmingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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The overwhelming vote by which the House passed the Cunningham amendment makes it unlikely that all restrictions on Communist mail can be stricken from the final bill. The Senate, however, should realize that accepting the bill as it came from committee merely to placate the House would demonstrate a lack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of the Mails | 9/26/1962 | See Source »

Amazed by their candidate's overwhelming defeat in the recent primary election and indecisive over a new course of action, Faculty followers of Edward J. McCormack expressed general dissatisfaction last night over the upcoming election for U.S. Senator. Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, indicated the confusion among the...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Professors Disappointed After McCormack Defeat | 9/26/1962 | See Source »

Last week Nicklaus gave a pretty good indication. Playing in the three-man World Series of Golf at Akron's Firestone Country Club, he took on both Palmer and South Africa's Gary Player, winner of this year's P.G.A. title. Nicklaus beat them both-by an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The $50,000 Answer | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

He was enthusiastically nominated by President Kennedy, certified as "well qualified" by the American Bar Association, endorsed by the overwhelming majority of Senators of both parties. Yet for nearly a year the Senate has dillydallied over the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall as a judge on the Second Circuit of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Judiciary: The Long Wait | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

An easy victor in four straight races against Britain's Sceptre in 1958, Columbia was the overwhelming early favorite to defend the cup again this year. But critics argued that Investment Banker Paul Shields, who bought Columbia (for about $150,000) from a New York syndicate in 1961, had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grim Duel at Newport | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

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