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Word: pa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stuyvesant High School, New York, Gilbert R, Panzer, of Newtown High School, Elmhurst, New York; Earl C. Ravenal, of Hope High School, Providence; Neil J. Smelser, of Phoenix Union High School, Phoenix, Arizona; David K. Specter, of Brooklyn Technical High School; Isaac Thomas, Jr., of the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.; and David B. Tyack, of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 23 Percent of Freshmen Put On Dean's List | 3/30/1949 | See Source »

Detroit's Pinky Higgins, who were putting in time at Great Lakes, too. When Johnny got out of the Navy in 1946, he signed a contract with the Tigers (with a $30,000 bonus attached), socked the money away in war bonds, and reported to Williamsport, Pa. the following spring to start his formal education in the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rookie | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Sounds Corny. Neither of Peter's Italian-born parents was a musician, but for their home in Erie, Pa. they bought a phonograph and taught sons Peter and Lewis (Lewis is now 28 and a composer-teacher at the University of Texas) to listen to records. Says Peter: "Sounds corny, but I always liked Beethoven." He was set to studying sight-reading at seven, could read music before he could play an instrument, still plays "terrible piano." At 17, he went to Ohio's Oberlin Conservatory, then after a spell in the Air Force, took his degrees (including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: No. 4 | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Keep It Clean. The Latins from Manhattan (and sometimes from points as distant as Bethlehem, Pa.) queue up at the former fight arena with their families and their lunches, eager to pay admissions from $1.20 to $2 to see their favorites in three-a-day vaudeville shows. The magician who sawed the lady in half was merely a fillip to the Latin taste; the big draws are such stars of Mexico and South America as Cinemactors Jorge Negrete and Pedro Armendariz and Singer Libertad Lamarque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Really Fantastic | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

John Leonard Roy '50, of Pittsburgh and Lowell House, was named varsity manager. Robert Pierce Balderson '50, of McKeesport, Pa. and Lowell House, won the sophomore managerial competition and was named assistant varsity manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 Winter Teams Pick New Captains | 3/23/1949 | See Source »

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