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Word: semi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three Crimson track men have qualified for the semi-finals and finals of the IC4A meet tody in New York City. They will compete as usual despite the death of varsity coach Jaakko Mikkola...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twitchell, Mello, Cairns Advance For Crimson in IC4A Track Meet | 5/31/1952 | See Source »

...Colorado meet, Lee lost in the semi-final to Billy Borders from Oklahoma. Borders won the 125-pound class title, and will represent the U.S. in the Olympics. In addition he was judged the outstanding wrestler in the meet. He decisioned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Johnny Lee Gets Major Letter For Placing Fourth in National | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

Kelley's review of Tito and the Cominform by Adam B. Ulan is a little better. For most of the review, however, Kelley merely repeats Ulan's theses. He also seems to have a deadly fascination for the semi-colon, a choice punctuation he uses at least ten times. This plus a few colons makes the review difficult and often run-on reading. The other review, on Ghost and Flesh by William Goven, contains some excellent critical writing...

Author: By Michael Maccory, | Title: The Advocate | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

Walk East on Beacon (Louis de Rochemont; Columbia) presents some typically melodramatic movie doings in semi-documentary style: a Communist spy ring attempts to worm some mysterious top-secret plans from a refugee scientist (Finlay Currie) through threats against his son, who is being held prisoner in Germany's Soviet zone. While the scientist feeds the spies false information, an FBI man (George Murphy) and his helpers close in on the gang after a series of chases on foot, by automobile and by boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 26, 1952 | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

...symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time-Communism and Freedom-came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men . . . Both had been schooled in the same view of history (the Marxist view). Both were trained by the same party in the same selfless, semi-soldierly discipline. Neither would nor could yield without betraying, not himself, but his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Publican & Pharisee | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

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