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Word: shiningly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...modern reader, who seldom reads the works of Thomas Carlyle, hear so much talk about his marriage? The answer lies in the character of Jane Carlyle. Unlike the wives of many geniuses, Jane was neither a gay deceiver nor a suet pudding; she was a formidable intellectual, born to shine in literary and philosophical discussion. Every great man in London, from Charles Dickens to Alfred Tennyson, sat around the teacups with her; a favored few listened sympathetically to her tales of woe and discontent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Neurotic Victorians | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...prove it was no accident, Santee did it again, ran his mile .1 sec. faster to help his distance medley (440, 880, ¾ mi., mile) team set a meet record. The question, Gehrmann and Wilt to one side: Could Santee have beaten Johansson, rain or shine? The answer may be important in the Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Warmup for the Big Meet | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

American G.I.'s apparently left behind more than 16-year-old mothers, orphaned shoe-shine boys, and mud splattered monasteries when they pulled out of Italy. Never Take No For An Answer shows how one G.I. at least planted the idea of free enterprise and open competition in the minds of Italian youth...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Never Take No For An Answer | 4/23/1952 | See Source »

Richart's eyes shine when he discusses his freshman team. Bruce Thurmond led all qualifiers, both varsity and freshmen, with a 74 posted last Friday. Ted Cooney, a baseball player, shot a 76, but will only be available for the Yale match. Other outstanding Yardlings are John Parsons, Pete Malkin, Jim Jones, John Walsh, Mayer Hecht, and Dave Strasslen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 4/22/1952 | See Source »

...accident that the few imaginative glimmers that shine in this Galaxy do so in stories in which mechanical novelties are used merely as new surroundings for the Old Adam. If this trend can be encouraged, today's science-fiction, writers may develop to a point where their work will be almost as up to date as Daniel Defoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Horrors in Space | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

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