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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just been chosen sheriff, and who discovers to his horror that there is more to the job than wearing a tin star. The story develops as the oldtimer, much against his will, is drawn by sympathy into an attempt to teach the young comer how to be a proper lawman-before he becomes a dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 4, 1957 | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...surface it would seem that Thomas's work is an ideal choice for public performance since there is no more popular or fashionable modern poet; his premature death is loudly bemoaned by the ranking literati and their apostles--proper conditions one would guess for a rather sentimental memorial. On the other hand, Mr. Williams competes in a way with Thomas's own unforgettable readings of his works, which are quite well-known on record and from his personal appearances in this country, although none of the works that Mr. Williams has chosen have been recorded...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: A Boy Growing Up | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...these papers in Gen Ed A would insure a wider selection of topic and a deeper concern for performance. Thus there will be a better basis upon which to evaluate and criticize writing style. Not all the shorter assignments need be discarded; a proper balance might be to require three papers written for other courses and three of the shorter type now assigned in Gen Ed A. For many students who find writing an almost traumatic experience this would have the added advantage of decreasing the number of papers written during the freshman year, thus making more time available...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: General Education A | 10/30/1957 | See Source »

...business by easing its tight money policy −at least for the moment. The Fed has helped to check inflation, said President Alfred Hayes of New York's Federal Reserve Bank, but it cannot risk relaxing credit restrictions while living costs continue "their seemingly inexorable rise." When the proper time comes, said Hayes, the Fed will "work the other side of the street." As for businessmen, General Electric President Ralph Cordiner reflected the feelings of many when he reminded the U.S. that it rests on an unparalleled economic plateau. Said Cordiner: "There are at least four long-term forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Going Down | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...Makiokas are an Osaka-based clan of proper Japanese who, unlike proper Bostonians, have dipped into capital. The four sisters who dominate Author Tanizaki's story are snobbish, overbred, illness and accident-prone, genteelly displaced persons in a Japan that is flexing its muscles for World War II. By strictly observed seniority rights, Yukiko−who at 30 is the oldest unmarried sister−must find a husband first. But Yukiko is a clinging vine who almost prefers clinging to her family. She is adept at flower-arranging, but she gets completely flustered if she has to answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Four Ladies of Japan | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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