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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...skeptical public waits to see whether anything will happen. The Shah is considered personally honest. The Queen Mother, Tajul-Moluk, and the Shah's twin sister, sinuous Princess Ashraf, are acknowledged to have great commercial acumen. When, last month, Princess Ashraf was caught by French customs officials as she left France with 800,000 francs in her handbag after declaring only 10,000, many wondered how this could happen to so wealthy a woman. Cracked an old Teheran hand: "Probably habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah's Gamble | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...with admirably durable Rosalind Russell once again going through the invigorating setting-up exercises of Wonderful Town. CBS gave it two hours, and the TV version of the Broadway musical turned out to be just as whackily brilliant as the original. When the camera zoomed in on Roz and Sister Eileen (Jacquelyn McKeever), huddled in their virginal Manhattan bed and wailing Why Did I Ever Leave Ohio?, the old Town never seemed more wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Weekend Bender | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...Last year Dr. O'Gorman got an odd idea, hesitated ("It did seem a bit cracked"), finally went ahead. To create human relationships for the children, he called on 20 of Borocourt's higher-grade mentally defective young women. He allowed each to act as a Big Sister to two Smiths children, told them to cuddle their charges (under nurses' supervision) as much as they wanted. They promptly worked wonders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Child's World | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...Sister Seven" colleges are: Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, and Barnard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colleges Accept One-Fifth of '63 Under New Plan | 12/2/1958 | See Source »

Only about one-fifth of the students who will comprise the Class of '63 in the "Sister Seven" women's colleges were accepted under the new early application program, it was announced this week. Accordingly, Radcliffe doesn't anticipate any over-acceptance of students, said Miss Constance E. Ballou, director of Admissions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colleges Accept One-Fifth of '63 Under New Plan | 12/2/1958 | See Source »

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