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Word: semi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Czech Semi-Pros...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Bill Cleary on US Amateur Hockey Team | 11/30/1956 | See Source »

Since the rules on eligibility are not quite as strict as they were for the Olympic games, countries such as Canada and Czechoslovakia will be able to use semi-professional talent to strengthen their teams. "Particularly Canada should be better," Cleary said, "since it will use several players from the Junior Canadians, an affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens in the National League...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Bill Cleary on US Amateur Hockey Team | 11/30/1956 | See Source »

Stan DePinto, the mascot who grew into a full-time twirler, came out of his voluntary semi-retirement Saturday afternoon to lead the Harvard Band in its pre-game and half-time drills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twirler Comes Out of Retirement To Join Crimson Band Saturday | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...varsity meets Brown Saturday morning in the season semi-final and an attempt to emerge from the Ivy cellar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Defense Accounts For 2-1 Win Over Tigers | 11/13/1956 | See Source »

...death and disease can be vanquished by a conscious act of will. All that is needed, he feels, is to sink into one's "cellular consciousness" in order to control the action of body tissues. With his bosomy mistress Olga at his side, he enters a "semi-cataleptic" trance and "goes away" into his leg, clearing up the gangrene as the amazed Olga watches. Egmont is soon keen "to forget all knowledge, live my organic life, flourish like a vegetable." But when Egmont is well on his way to becoming an amoeba, Olga gets panicky, has him insulin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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