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Word: paso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Affairs of State. In El Paso, Texas, Mayor Fred Harvey received a message from the U.S. Secretary of Defense: "Re my telegram 29 Sept. which reads 12 Nov. should read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

Name Dropper. In El Paso, after applying for U.S. citizenship, Ng Wah Yee changed his name to Chan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 15, 1951 | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

Olivia Holguin's legs had been useless from birth; she had a twisted wrist and a deformed hand. At 30, she seemed hopelessly crippled. But early this year, Orthopedic Surgeon S. Perry Rogers of El Paso amputated her legs and got ready to fit artificial limbs. Since El Paso has no bone bank, Dr. Rogers (with the patient's permission) kept the amputated bones in his food freezer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Improvised Bone Bank | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

Heir Apparent. In El Paso, the new Providence Memorial Hospital's expectant fathers' room was equipped with two oxygen outlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 10, 1951 | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Crooner Frank Sinatra, carrying on his round-the-world pursuit of Cinemactress Ava Gardner, entered new territory when he and Ava flew off to Mexico for "a quiet vacation" together. It turned out to be neither very quiet nor much of a vacation. At El Paso, when reporters asked if the junket was going to include plans for a quick south-of-the-border divorce from Wife Nancy (who is about to bring her own suit in California), Frankie snarled: "You're wasting your time. Why don't you go home and have your dinner?" In Mexico City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearts & Flowers | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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