Search Details

Word: pre (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Other publicly untrousered high officials were John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Marion Zioncheck, Eugene J. Keogh and James P. Richards. Adams, when President, was observed swimming in the Potomac. Roosevelt, when Pre-ident, frequently made trans-Potomac swims when the river got in the way of his point-to-point hikes around Washington. Representative Zioncheck of Washington state waded in Manhattan's Prometheus Fountain, a week later was arrested in an advanced state of undress in the capital. Brooklyn's Representative Keogh and South Carolina's Representative Richards were de-pantsed in a sleeping car in Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Tails of Jersey City | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

...varsity basketball team ended its pre-examination schedule in a tie with Yale for last place in the Ivy League. The quintet has a record of one win and five losses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Losses Push Quintet Into League's Cellar | 1/18/1955 | See Source »

...varsity squash team finished pre-examination intercollegiate play Saturday with an easy 9-0 victory over Wesleyan. In another 9-0 match, the Yardling B team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Squash Team Wins, 9-0 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...freshmen plunge for their second pre-exam period win against St. George's School in a preliminary meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored Swimmers Oppose Cornell Tomorrow in I.A.B. | 1/14/1955 | See Source »

...German generators whir in new power plants. These signs and portents measure a striking development: exports of goods from Germany to Latin America, at a dead halt only eight years ago, were 2½ times greater by dollar volume in 1954 than in any year during Germany's pre-World War I heyday of Latin American trading. Items:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Trade Comeback | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

Previous | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | Next