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Word: paired (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...busy practicing target shooting in the basement of a sporting-goods store, his seconds called on Servan-Schreiber at his editorial office, announced stiffly that Monsieur Faure, "esteeming himself offended, demands apologies or reparations." Editor Servan-Schreiber, complaining gloomily that "this is all such 19th century stuff," found a pair of seconds, one of them his onetime commanding officer in the Free French Air Force. Actually, duels (with pistols), though often banned in France's gallant and tempestuous history, are by no means uncommon even in present-day France, particularly with newspaper editors, theater critics and existentialist painters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Name Your Seconds, Sir! | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

Still another pair of sophomores, Pete Macky and Stu Ogden, who were only expected to supply second-place points, have shown that the can also finish first. Two more improving sophomores are Bill Hoadley in the breast stroke and Jon Lind...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: Sophomores Aid in Attempt To Extend Swim Victories | 2/2/1955 | See Source »

...ended. Cited for contempt of Congress, both Wendell H. Furry and Leon J. Kamin '49 pleaded not guilty to a total of 16 charges and will face a long court battle this spring. Members of the Physics and Social Relations Departments immediately started funds for the defense of the pair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass' Upset Victory, No Drinking Rule, Nobel Award to Scientists Highlight Term | 2/2/1955 | See Source »

...authoritative Journal said the same has become too tough, and the men who play it should be insulated against injury. The current uniform is virtually the same as that used in soccer; it consists merely of a pair of flimsy shorts, a close-fitting cotton sweater, long socks and ankle boots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical Journal Deplores Lack Of Protection in Rugby Uniforms | 1/18/1955 | See Source »

...that he is Teddy Roosevelt (and leads a spirited charge up San Juan Hill every time he gallops upstairs), while Orson Bean managed to bring fresh good humor to the part of the only sane member of the zany Brewster family. Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff made a satisfying pair of stumblebum villains. Few TV revivals of old Broadway plays have come off as entertainingly and inventively as Arsenic and Old Lace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

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