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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems a fair question whether this project is the most desirable channel for so much of the University's unrestricted funds." William Bond Wheelwright '01 answered in a succeeding issue with "a fairer question: . . . Does the Corporation deny it is its legal duty to maintain its property in proper condition...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Local Alumni Claim Neglect Of Mem Hall by University | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

...Nolan seemed physically too slight for the role but in the essential scenes he created a sense of force and fury that lifted the play over its hurdles. Mercedes McCambridge played London's chillingly correct sister, and Mary Sinclair was excellent in her despairing efforts to be the proper wife for a national hero. The play's simple story line-how a proud man pulls down his world and himself-just missed a Greek starkness. The ending had imagination as the camera panned down a row of shelves to show the dwindling of London's annual output...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Week in Review | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

Whatever the proper solution may be, let's find it quickly. Let's keep wheels under the Harvard man. William R. Elder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WHEELS | 10/7/1955 | See Source »

...game out of any of my fellas. In the beginning, it was an old fella [Jim Konstanty, ineligible for the Series] and a kid [Johnny Kucks] hold ing me up. So I had to send the old fella [Konstanty] down to the minors, but he comes back with the proper attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Fella | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...stolen lines are not of great intrinsic value. But like the Stone of Scone, more than once snatched from its proper resting place, they are a source of inspiration and a symbol of authority. Without them, who can say what will become of moral standards on this campus? Who can foretell to what extreme and unsavory practices some will stoop? Who, indeed, can resist the temptation that presents itself to the weary doubles players as he strives in vain to return a wicked drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIME ON THE COURTS | 9/27/1955 | See Source »

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