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Word: pecked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pennsylvania town of Concordville, lanky, redheaded Colin P. ("Corky") Kelly III, 15, son of one of the first American heroes of World War II, was promoted to Eagle Scout, got a peck of congratulations from his pretty mother, now Mrs. J. Watson Pedlow. In 1941, soon after heroic Army Air Corps Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. ordered his crew to hit the silk and then crashed in his crippled B-17 bomber on Luzon, President Roosevelt penned a request to "the President of the United States in 1956." F.D.R. asked that the airman's infant son get a West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 26, 1955 | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

Dean Erwin N. Griswold announced that Louis A. Toepfer will succeed Dimmitt in the Secretary post, and Russell Peck will assume the alumni magazine duties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secretary of Law School Resigns; Toepfer to Assume Duties Jan. 1 | 12/8/1955 | See Source »

Toepfer at present is Assistant Dean and Director of Law Admissions, and Peck is Assistant Dean in charge of the Placement Office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secretary of Law School Resigns; Toepfer to Assume Duties Jan. 1 | 12/8/1955 | See Source »

Under the system of proportional representation, voters choose from among the 41 Council and 19 School Committee candidates by numerical preference. The counters will have to go over the ballots 41 times, Peck explained, before all the unsuccessful candidates are eliminated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hynes Wins in Boston Mayoralty Race, Gains Lead of 13,000 Over Opponent | 11/9/1955 | See Source »

Because of the proportional representation type of voting done in Cambridge, there will be no results in the races for the City Council and the School Committee before tonight, according to Russell Peck, publicity director of the Cambridge Civic Association. Even if the counters work until midnight, Peck said, the unofficial results cannot be anticipated until Wednesday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hynes Wins in Boston Mayoralty Race, Gains Lead of 13,000 Over Opponent | 11/9/1955 | See Source »

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