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Word: platt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Teddy Roosevelt, when he was picked in 1900, did not stand for the cautious McKinley policies. Neither Mark Hanna nor McKinley wanted Roosevelt, but Senator Platt, the boss of New York State, said, "He will do less damage there than any other spot we could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HENRY WALLACE TELLS HOW TO PICK VICE PRESIDENTS | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

...After 14 months of bitter bickering, the Lake County (Fla.) school board finally closed the case of Fruit Picker Allan Platt's five school-age, part-Indian children who were falsely declared to be Negroes and were thus denied the right to attend a white school (TIME, Dec. 13, 1954 et seq.). Since the board found that it could not legally prove that the Platts are Negroes, it decided not to appeal the decision of a circuit-court judge allowing the Platts to attend whatever white schools in Florida they choose. ¶ The Regents of the University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...other varsity crews, stroked by Nick Platt and Carlos Zezza, trailed in that order, while a boat of graduate Crimson oarsmen finished last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Stroked by Jordan Is Winner Of Hackers Cup | 11/12/1955 | See Source »

...good start and raced in a dead heat approaching the quarter-mile marker. Then Jordan's experienced crew begain to pull away. By the three-eights post, Jordan, the stroke of last year's once-defeated freshman heavy crew, had his boat ahead by a length and a quarter. Platt's boat led Zezza and the graduates, still even, by a quarter-length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Stroked by Jordan Is Winner Of Hackers Cup | 11/12/1955 | See Source »

...took its toll in the last half of the race and the graduates began to fade. At the half, Jordan increased his lead to a length and a half, while Platt, Zezza, and the graduate crew followed, each separated by a quarter-length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Stroked by Jordan Is Winner Of Hackers Cup | 11/12/1955 | See Source »

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