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Word: quested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Series. In the ensuing comedy of errors, one gumshoe (he was actually wearing gum-soled shoes) shadowed Star Pitcher Bob Turley for three days and discovered Turley seldom drinks anything stronger than soda pop. A group of Yankees led detectives a merry chase all over Detroit on an innocent quest for popcorn at the Y.M.C.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Troubled Champs | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...Appeal." But Rockefeller's big name was not necessarily a political asset, and he was completely untried as a candidate for elective office. He won the nomination by sheer drive and astute politics. Nelson Rockefeller became Political Hopeful "Rocky" Rockefeller, traveled the state in zealous quest of delegate votes, shook hands, slapped backs, kissed babies-and made friends. Of his announced opponents for the nomination, former Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall, longtime (14 years) Congressman and a veteran political pro, was the first to give way to the Rockefeller drive. Then followed State Senator Walter Mahoney and Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Rocky in Rochester | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

...reassuring to see that in 26 years both Mr. Hemingway's views and his iceberg have remained so solid. One wonders, however, if the move from above to beneath the water is an evidence of Mr. Hemingway's progression in depth, or a reflection of the modern quest for a place to hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 25, 1958 | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Whatever happens to Poland, her writers must not forget the lessons of history, said Jan Jozef Szczepanski at the International Seminar last night. Speaking on "Societies in Transition," Szczepanski cited the Polish writers' role in the last 185 years as a guide to contemporary authors' quest for freedom...

Author: By Peter Lindenbaum, | Title: Five From Asia, Eastern Europe Speak at Forum | 7/31/1958 | See Source »

...beam. It is "the Zen of established tradition in Japan, with its clearly defined hierarchy, its rigid discipline, and its specific tests of satori." Though far better than "the common-or-garden squareness of the Rotary Club or the Presbyterian Church ... it is still square because it is a quest for the right spiritual experience, for a satori which will receive the stamp of approved and established authority. There will even be certificates to hang on the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Zen: Beat & Square | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

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