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Word: prowls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Raider Louis Wolfson, who temporarily retired from the public eye after his unsuccessful attempt to gain control of giant Montgomery Ward (TIME, Oct. 8), was on the prowl again last week. He was casting a covetous eye on ailing American Motors Corp. ($2,994,613 loss in first quarter of fiscal 1957). Wolfson announced that he and his family have increased their holdings in the company by 110,000 shares to 350,000, giving him the largest single block, though only 6%, of the 5,670,430 shares outstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Wolfson at the Door | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...going steady); 4) crossed swords (poison, she's got a steady); and 5) single vertical sword (get lost, she's married). The boys wear single swords in one of two positions-blade straight down if he is already married, up if he's on the prowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUTH: To the Point | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

...after she has won a few races and knows how to pace herself. "Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely. A woman does not really need chic until the animal has lost some of its spring and the mind begins to prowl. That is the time for masking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dictator by Demand | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...with their regular classmates, separating them only in certain subjects. A fifth grade studying reading might have three groups-one reading at third-grade level, another at fifth-grade, the rest plunging into such classics as Moby Dick and The Swiss Family Robinson. The schools are also on the prowl for such students with a special talent as the eleven-year-old girl who shows promise of becoming a topnotch composer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Perishable Resource | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

...Essential Feeling. Although he now bases himself in Dallas, Dozier is constantly on the prowl, ranging from the bayous to the Big Bend with sketchbook in hand. Says Dozier, with a shy pride: "I can recognize any sound I hear at night and tell what kind of animal or insect made it. As I've grown older, I've gotten more interested in the architecture of how things grow. Mountains have a bony structure, just like everything else. When you realize a mountain is a moving thing, you know there is movement in everything." Having first made dozens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Southwest Painter | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

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