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Word: shuts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...magic eye through which she sees old scenes in a new way. One of her courtroom vignettes: "Some of the seats have emptied. People have crept out into the hall, to send off the latest or just to smoke, for air . . . Looking back through the glass panels of the shut door, one can see into the court-wigged heads, writing hands, the judge enthroned, red-robed, heraldic like a king of cards; the back of the doctor's head and neck solid above the parapet; counsel in shadow-play shooting out an arm; lips moving soundless, all silent, sharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Courtroom Drama | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...which drew a neighbor's complaint. University police approved the statue, and a member of the Cambridge squad termed it "a work of art," adding "it would be a shame to tear it down." The storm also stopped construction work on Quincy House and the new Leverett Towers, and shut down the Radcliffe administration office. Though the University held classes as usual, many 'Cliffies, fearing the long walk, stayed in bed. The Coop closed at 4 p.m. to allow employees time to get home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Blankets Northeast | 3/13/1959 | See Source »

...Boston, the State House, City Hall and the Federal Building and nine-tenths of the stores shut down. Robert P. Shea, Boston Commissioner of Public Works, banned all cars without chains from entering the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Blankets Northeast | 3/13/1959 | See Source »

Captain Bob Bland and his reserve mate Phil Doherty performed brilliantly in front of the cage, allowing the freshmen to come up with four shut-outs and six one-goal games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/11/1959 | See Source »

...Post-Dispatch, the Republican Globe managed to gain some ground (the Globe's circulation of 332,823 is up 40,000 from 1955; the Post's 380,495 is down 7,000), but it never could spin into the solid black. Last week, while his paper was shut down by an American Newspaper Guild strike, Sam Newhouse made an unusual deal with the rival P-D that should strengthen the pocketbooks of both papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Alliance of Necessity | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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