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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...halo circled the dark curls, the lips were parted as though in prayer, the eyes were cast to heaven, the brow furrowed under a burden of sorrows. Inevitably it called to mind the picture of Jesus Christ that hangs above the bed in all proper Latin American bedrooms. Just so that no one would miss the point, Cuba's weekly magazine Bohemia, where the picture appeared, added a block of explanatory text: "This is not the Fidel that the barbudos know. It is not a picture of Fidel as he is physically; it is Fidel as he is seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Early Deification | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...university with secularism itself, but only with it as it comes hubristically in its turn to pretend to speak for the whole of life." For Pusey, therefore, there is no absolute resolution of the dichotomy, but rather a balancing of religious and secular forces, each of which has its proper role in the University's tradition...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: Faculty Divorces Preaching from Pedagogy Dominant University Attitude: Commitment to Non-Commitment | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...well, a newsmagazine must carefully study the pat tern of the news not only from week to week, but also from month to month and year to year. More often than not, a story can be put in proper perspective only if it is seen in the larger focus of significant developments that may well be obscured by fast-breaking day-to-day news. Among the stories in this week's TIME that especially called for this wider, larger, deeper view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 31, 1959 | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

Look Up and Live (CBS, 10:30-11 a.m.). Part four of The Sand Pile is a proper companion for the preceding program: a look at the religious attitudes of contemporary youth. Special guest: The Rev. William Hamilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

...Accra, the Ghana Times "humbly" suggested that the new baby be named either Amma Ghana or Kwame Ghana. In London, palace officials were busy looking up the proper procedure for setting up a Council of State to take on the Queen's duties later on. In the midst of popular enthusiasm, more sobersided politicians took note of another side effect of the news. With the Queen's presence in England next fall now assured (her acquiescence is necessary to the dissolution of Parliament), Prime Minister Harold Macmillan would have an extra month before having to call a general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Delighted, Ma'am! | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

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