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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day, without waiting for his $57,492 paycheck, Middleweight Olson, who complained all through training that he was homesick, flew off to his wife and four children in San Francisco. Before Bobo left, Turpin put the new champion (and indirectly himself) in proper boxing perspective: "This lad isn't in the same class with Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: For Sugar's Crown | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...think proper steps should be taken to make application to join," Beyer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rutgers Officials May Apply For Ivy League Membership | 10/28/1953 | See Source »

...failure of the law to secure the proper measure of freedom and justice to the people stemmed in a large measure not from its purpose but from its interpretation and enforcement. Legislators can deal in principles, but courts and prosecutors must deal in facts and cases. Because law is administered by human beings, its application in each instance is affected both by the conception and the capacity of those individuals charged with its administration. Unless their interpretations of the law are based upon something more than their own subjective notions of justice and right, the application...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: AN ABSOLUTE YARDSTICK | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Like many unregal newlyweds, Paul and Frederika spent their first married years in obscure battle with the household budget. King George II never hung so much as a new set of lace curtains in the palace without shopping every store in Athens to find a proper bargain. In Paul's small villa at Psychiko outside Athens. Frederika's time was mostly taken up by caring for her babies, making over old clothes, and poring over the accounts to see if Paul's allowance might stand inviting a few close friends to dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: The King's Wife | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...Restaurateur Mike Romanoff ships his silk and pongee shirts air express to Sulka's in Manhattan for proper laundering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Rich, Full Life | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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