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Word: robertses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ Rhode Island's three-term Democratic Governor Dennis J. Roberts was surprisingly edged out by Christopher Del Sesto, 49, an Italian-American in a state where voters of Italian descent pack a ballot-box wallop. It was a conditional victory, since Del Sesto, himself a former Democrat and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Governors: In & Out | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Congratulations on your fine cover article on Duffy Daugherty [Oct. 8]. As an ardent alumnus and former letter winner, I feel proud to have had two of our group make your cover recently-Robin Roberts [May 28], and now the coach [see cuts].

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 29, 1956 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

The international work of NSA has been valuable as a counter to various Communist student organizations which seek to indoctrinate students with Marxist propaganda and biased information about the Western world. NSA has frequently asserted itself by distributing such simple "democratic propaganda" as copies of Roberts Rules of Order. In...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's It Worth? | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

Next day, they stumbled momentarily as Robin Roberts beat Don Newcombe 7-3. For a day, the Braves thought the pennant was in the bag. But the Braves seemed like men under a curse. Their three last games were with St. Louis. They fumbled away the first game 5-4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stretch Run | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

In 1848 Sarah Roberts, a five-year-old Negro girl, knocked timidly at the door of a Boston public school and asked admission as a student. Her request was denied; the school was for whites, and her skin was black. This incident precipitated what was probably the first segregation case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sarah Roberts | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

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