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Word: seene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Shapley does not know how many such bodies exist in the Milky Way galaxy. They cannot be seen with the biggest telescopes because they give off no visible light, only a little infrared. But he suspects they may be even more numerous than visible stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Little Inhabited Stars | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...death. And by the simple process of digging up the diaries of three French writers, he makes old gossip seem as juicily Gallic as a Paris headline scandal. Points of View is, in fact, as bland a job of literary borrowing and cool transformation as has been seen in some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Latest Last One | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

Princeton has some strong men in the field events. Stu White is a very good high jumper, and Don Catino is a possible winner in the javelin. But the varsity group that assistant coach Ed Stowell calls "the best collection of field event men I've seen at Harvard" should join the runners in a convincing victory...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Trackmen Highly Favored Over Weak Princeton Team Today | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

First of all, there is the problem of numbers. Dean Wilbur J. Bender, Chairman of the Admissions and Scholarships Committee, is perhaps the most worried about this problem. He has seen the number of applications rise to around 4,500 this year and is concerned with the Committee's ability to measure "the subjective factor," creative intellectual ability, in applicants numbering perhaps 10,000. "It's a question of how much money the College can afford to spend on admissions," he says, "We are spending too much money now as it is and we are barely able to keep afloat...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

...firmly convinced that political barriers between peoples can be overcome through singing. "I have seen people from different backgrounds all sing together and end up with a warmth they didn't realize existed. The world is full of fear and suspicion, and people are only afraid of each other--singing just breaks down these artificial barriers...

Author: By John R. Adler and Paul S. Cowan, S | Title: The Incorrigible Optimist | 4/22/1959 | See Source »

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