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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tribes in Chad to the north and the Congo Republic, where blacks have massacred blacks, petitioned to join his country. Coming from him, talk of a United States of Latin Africa consisting not only of parts of French Africa, but also the Belgian Congo and Portuguese Angola, did not seem mere idle chatter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AFRICA: Death of a Strongman | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

...many a mainland citizen, the new proposals will seem a grab for the best of both worlds, stirring grumbling that Puerto Rico should be all the way in the U.S. or all the way out. Muñoz argues that the relationship is not fixed, but is intended to develop maximum freedom with the "permanent association." Congressional hearings will probably start next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUERTO RICO: Question of Status | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

From his Hampshire home, doughty Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 71, whose forthright expressions of opinion often seem equally harsh on friend and foe, announced a new project: a trip to Moscow to look over "this conflict between East and West." Trumpeted Monty: "I want to talk to these people to see what they think about it all." Did the field marshal think his, ah, straight-forward approach might smooth things a bit? "I certainly shall not make it worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 13, 1959 | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

Byron Johnson is Shepard's choice to start on the mound, and if he runs into trouble, fast-baller Wally Cook will probably relieve. The outcome of the game would seem to depend a great deal on the effectiveness of these...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Plays M.I.T. Today; Johnson, Oehler to Pitch | 4/11/1959 | See Source »

...though this may seem too personal a view on a subject affording little general agreement, I do wish that Stone could stop the horror show long enough to develop some sympathy or understanding for his subject. Good guys are not necessary. A few comprehensible bastards would suffice...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Squalid Life in Mississippi: The Same Old Tale Retold | 4/11/1959 | See Source »

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