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Word: provisionals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Longtime Break. In his days in Richmond, Byrd was described as Virginia's "most liberal governor since Thomas Jefferson." Harry Byrd did not change; times did, beginning in 1933-That year Byrd was appointed to the Senate, replacing Claude Swanson, who had been named Navy Secretary by Franklin Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Pay-As-You-Go Man | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

Lush French Cinemactress Brigitte Bardot displays her charms so bountifully in And God Created Woman-a story of a woman indiscriminately seeking a bed-mate-that customers are packing into highbrow art theaters around the nation to give her some lowbrow ogling. But when Brigitte went on display in Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Brigitte at the Bar | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

In a breathless week, Ellender was only a neolithic holdout. Fired by Texan Johnson as he rocketed to stake a claim in space for the U.S. Congress and its Democratic majority, the members focused on space with the sense of urgency usually reserved for crop supports and rivers and harbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Lyndon at the Launching Pad | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Problem Settled. Settlement of the suit solves one of the major problems of Indiana-born Kenneth H. Redmond, 62, who succeeded colorful, scrappy old Samuel Zemurray as United Fruit's president in 1951. To Redmond the decree is a green light for plans on the shelf since 1954. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Banana Split | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Parameter. In Santa Rosa, Calif., City Manager Sam B. Hood relaxed a city charter provision forbidding city employees to give Christmas presents to their superiors, instructed department heads that they could accept a gift "if you can eat it, drink it or smoke it in one day."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

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