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Word: petered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course any clod can be a crusader, but Osborne is no literary Peter the Hermit. His fervor is complemented by a first-rate independent mind. For all the obvious intensity with which he holds his beliefs, he has no all-embracing doctrine that makes his views on every question predictable, and that serves him as a fetter as well as a crutch. He is a confirmed socialist, but he has acknowledged that "Socialism is an experimental idea, not a dogma." (I quote from a published symposium entitled Declaration, which contains essays by Osborne and Kenneth Tynan which are worth reading...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: George Dillon: First Of Osborne's Angries | 12/12/1958 | See Source »

...chairman Peter J. Solomon '60 said, "Each of the suggested charities will receive a minimum gift, probably ten dollars. The rest of the unallocated money will be distributed proportionally among the five recommended charities. That way each of the recommended charities will receive the same percentage of unallocated money as specifically allocated funds...

Author: By Daniel A. Pollack, | Title: Over $12,000 Collected for Charity Fund | 12/10/1958 | See Source »

...Combined Charities Drive passed its goal last night, as $500 collected yesterday pushed the total to more than $12,300, Peter J. Solomon '60, co-chairman of the drive, reported late last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drive Reaches Goal; Kirkland Takes Lead | 12/9/1958 | See Source »

...Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (ABC) proved to be one of the most engaging shows ever to be seen on TV. Actor Carney was fine as a new character in the old fairy tale, but the wonder of the hour-long show was Bil and Cora Baird's 50 animal puppets, who achieved something rare-a fairy tale mixed with true gaiety, a child's world edged by real irony. That was the spirit, too, of Ogden Nash's lyrics, notably in the wolf's lament ("Aesop launched the slander/ I should have eaten Aesop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Weekend Bender | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Omnibus (NBC, 5-6 p.m.). Peter Ustinov double-teaming the opposition as writer and star (Rabble-Rouser Georges Danton) of a play about the French Revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Dec. 8, 1958 | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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