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Word: possession (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real Wyeth tour de force. Its breeze-blown, transparent valances swaying from the old-fashioned fourposter, its daring use of bare wall and blank window contrasted with the meticulous rendering of wicker basket and window-shade drawstring, require skills and technique that few modern artists even claim to possess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Baked Surprises | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

...remaining twelve members, six would be appointed by the British Governor and six elected by the Turkish minority. In fact, however, the constitution would leave ultimate power in Cyprus in the hands of the British Governor, who, besides retaining overt control of defense, foreign affairs and internal security, would possess "reserve powers" which, in effect, give him an irrevocable veto over legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Proposed Constitution | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

...Bergler. who has treated plenty ot homosexuals (and interviewed others who refused treatment), the most striking feature of this galaxy of homosexual traits is its universality-"regardless of the level of intelligence, culture, background or education, all homosexuals possess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Curable Disease? | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

...team will probably find Governor Herter much more attuned to its policies than was Mr. Hoover, and one suspects, on the basis of his record, that he will express a more internationally oriented attitude in the inner councils of the Administration than did his predecessor. While Herter does not possess the experience nor outlook designed to make him another Chester Bowles, he is at least free of the burden which former President Hoover must have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Herter's Appointment | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

What is expected of the tutor is fairly clear, but how he is to accomplish it is left for the tutor to work out. Because only 254 of the 1,489 students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences possess Harvard degrees, very few of those who eventually act as tutors have had previous experience with the program at all. Except for an occasional Harvard graduate who picked up some of the technique from his undergraduate tutor, the teaching fellow has only the vaguest idea what he is doing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutorial Improvement | 12/6/1956 | See Source »

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