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Word: priore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conant had explained to the Foreign Relations Committee, which approved him 15 to 0 on Wednesday, that he made his speech because of his prior knowledge of the atomic bomb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant's Appointment Wins Senate Approval | 2/7/1953 | See Source »

...wanted to know where the furs were. [But] the man didn't know." Campbell, it turned out, had already tipped off the Jersey waterfront mob under "Charlie the Jew" Yanowski (since ice-picked to death), and Charlie had highjacked the furs from the original highjackers. Despite their prior claim, Smith & Co. formally agreed to let the Jersey mob keep the boodle. Meanwhile, Campbell's pals, unaware that he had double-crossed them, set out to avenge his temporary kidnaping at the hands of Smith & Co. Four of them led by John ("Cockeye") Dunn (since electrocuted for murder), pulled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Tales of the Gotham Hoods | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

...Father Louis) has been testifying to the virtues of the strict monastic life.* At least one of his fellow monks thinks that Merton makes too broad a case. Dom Aelred Graham, 46, a British theologian and an author himself (his latest book: Catholicism and the World Today), is now prior of St. Gregory's Priory in Portsmouth, R.I. He belongs to the Benedictines, an order older than the Trappists and far less stern in its practices. Writing for the Atlantic Monthly, he takes a "long, steady" second look at Trappist Merton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Benedictine v. Trappist | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Cohen, who succeeds William L. Soule '53 as head cheerleader, has served as a Harvard cheerleader for the past two years. Prior to his entrance here, he gained experience in cheerleading at Midwood High School in Brooklyn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cohen Elected Cheerleader; Predicts Changes in System | 1/29/1953 | See Source »

...announcements-a complete surprise to most of the University-ended several weeks of speculation. During Christmas vacation Conant visited President-elect Eisenhower in New York. Prior to the visit, he conferred several times with John J. McCloy, former German High Commissioner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Resigns as President; Becomes High Commissioner; Provost Buck Assumes Duties | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

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