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Word: saws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mother's room with a knife. "I walked toward the bedroom door," said Lana. "He was right behind me. And I opened it and my daughter came in. I swear it was so fast, I truthfully thought she had hit him in the stomach ... I never saw a blade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Bad & the Beautiful | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

...practice for Exhibition Day, occurring in the spring and fall, which the President, faculty, and students attended. Since the Sodality's appearance was considered a special occasion, pre-concert jitters were the rule. "How many were disappointed when they cast their eyes over the bill of fare and saw a blank where they are wont to see "Music by the Pierian Sodality." Sometimes the Pierians were so busy bracing themselves with a bumper that they almost missed the exercises, or arrived too breathless to play...

Author: By Jean J. Darling, | Title: 150th Anniversary of Pierian Sodality | 4/17/1958 | See Source »

...Radcliffe girls found their version of Pierian good cheer in their spring picnics and trips to Scituate, but "they never", according to Mrs. David Bailey, the orchestra's conductor for three years, "had any parties with the boys--in fact we saw them only at rehearsals...

Author: By Jean J. Darling, | Title: 150th Anniversary of Pierian Sodality | 4/17/1958 | See Source »

From that time on, the boy operating the scoreboard could hardly keep track. The Crimson added a run in the fifth, two in the sixth, and four in the seventh. The eighth frame saw 11 varsity batters walk to the plate to bat, and eight of them paid it another trip as they scored...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Crimson Nine Defeats Brandeis In Loosely Played 20-8 Contest | 4/17/1958 | See Source »

...white man's son, a crippled boy of ten. The boy is neither white nor black. He is, in fact, Nebu's son by the white man's wife, who had seduced her houseboy years before and was herself killed by her husband when he saw the child's color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Something of Value | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

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