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Word: properities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...believe," said he, "that a [summit] meeting held under proper [U.N.] auspices would, on the one hand, dispel the false allegations that there is aggression being carried on by the U.S. or by the United Kingdom in the Middle East. It would, on the other hand, I think, show the danger of indirect aggression, which has been so often condemned by the U.N. Thereby it might tend to stabilize the political situation which in turn would make it easier to develop economic programs for the benefit of the people . . . There is no use getting into the details of economic projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Week of Words | 8/11/1958 | See Source »

...thing." When Mistress Matimba went shopping, the white ladies of the village turned their backs on her. A tailor refused to accept her husband's trousers for dry cleaning. When Patrick entered a bank without removing his hat, a teller ordered him out for failing to show the proper respect for white depositors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Case of the White Goose | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

...German, Italian or Portuguese. Even students exposed to languages may not take on enough ability to read a menu. Weighting the odds against the student, according to the report: ill-taught teachers, outdated textbooks, aimed at giving no more than reading knowledge, courses too short (generally two years) for proper instruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Language Barrier | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

...General Says." No one, of course, had the slightest idea "how long it will last." The marines grimly took over the airport, and on the first night all was quiet. Next morning, when the marines planned to move into Beirut proper, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Robert McClintock plunged into conference with handsome, stubborn President Chamoun, and elusive General Fuad Shehab, 56-year-old chief of Lebanon's armed forces. True to form, Shehab, who had steadfastly refused to commit bis forces to an all-out assault against the pro-Nasser rebels, refused to commit himself firmly to cooperation with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: The Marines Have Landed | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

DERBY HATS are due for a comeback this fall, following rise of straw skimmer this summer. Key stores in Chicago, San Francisco and St. Louis have put in orders for derbies. Hatmen figure bowlers will be proper toppers for fall because men's fashions will tend to become more formal, dressy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

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