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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Outside the station Ike was greeted by a 21-gun salute, another blast of frigid air, and a warmly friendly reception. In Confederation Square, 50,000 Canadians started a polite, gloved pitter-patter of applause, with an occasional, highly proper cry of "hey, hey" (cheering is considered improper in austere Ottawa). After he placed a wreath of red carnations and white chrysanthemums on the Cenotaph, Canada's war memorial, Ike joined Mamie and the Governor General in an open Cadillac, tucked a lap robe around their knees and rode off through the city to Rideau Hall, the Governor General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: State Visit | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Thus having criticized Yale, the committee sets up a plan for the renovation of the first two years. First they feel a student with proper secondary education should be able to receive college credit for truly advanced work he has done before coming to Yale...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Yale Faces Drastic Curriculum Changes | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

Booras advised Fingold that the Corporation's plan to remove material from the Arboretum does not violate the terms of the Arnold trust. Dodge claims that Booras "disregarded the proper legal principles that should have guided his conduct," and will ask the court to order Fingold to begin suit against Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dodge Will Sue Fingold To Compel Arnold Suit | 11/20/1953 | See Source »

...subtly un-American as she romps with the Merrie Men and casually disavows Motherhood. Friar Tuck is nothing if not the cleric who has lost all vestiges of his religion in the service of the state. But the author was most clever in his treatment of Little John; by proper manipulation of the dialectic, Little John Becomes its antithesis...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Robin Hood | 11/18/1953 | See Source »

...Foxhunter have long "conversations," one-sided, naturally, but Llewellyn insists that the horse understands. In the partnership, "Foxhunter is the senior partner," and does most of the work. Llewellyn's job: "To place him," i.e., pace the horse between jumps so that he will arrive at the proper take-off point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Whammy | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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