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Word: raggedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Conversion. The seeds of anticlericalism are deep in Mexican soil. Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) fought and finagled his way through Mexico in the name of Christ as well as for the sake of conquest. The twelve humble Franciscans (later nicknamed "The Twelve Apostles") who followed the conquistadors' reign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Rebirth in Mexico | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

The game was marked by somewhat ragged all-star defense in the first half which allowed the jayvees to build a ten-point lead.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Varsity Quintet Downs House All-star Squad, 82-74 | 3/5/1955 | See Source »

On race days he vans to the track from nearby Tropical Park, his mane still uncombed, straw in his tail, a ragged pauper among high-bred thoroughbreds. Only when he begins to run does the class show through. Then he moves like a winner.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Drama at Flamingo Lake | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

Presidents & Peddlers. In each country he visited, Nixon called upon the chief of state-President-elect Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, Presidents Adolfo Ruiz Cortines in Mexico and Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala-to present a silver-framed picture of Ike and Mamie Eisenhower and to chat about affairs of state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Vivas for a V.P. | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Last week General Franco and his advisers, in five black limousines, on which the usual markings of El Caudillo's ownership were concealed, traveled Spain's ragged roads to the Palacio de las Cabezas, manor house of a 100,000-acre ranch run by the Count of Ruise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: The Kingmaker | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

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