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Word: solider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...released from work for the day and trucked in from outlying provinces for the show, screamed its delight. At the appearance of Fidel himself, who landed in a helicopter carrying a new Belgian rifle (one of 24,000 he recently bought for his troops), the mob chanted for eight solid minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: To the Wall! | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...Emancipator of the Nation" that it would be a "patriotic duty" for the bureaucracy to donate their December salaries to the cause. Lieut. General Rafael ("Ramfis") Trujillo Jr. permanently renounced his $3,000 monthly, salary as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Soon El Caribe blossomed with a solid page of names of army officers, cops and party hacks who hastened to say that they were delighted to kick in. But when the government proposed canceling Christmas bonuses for public employees, such grumbling followed that the dictator announced he would personally donate $1,000,000 toward the cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Thin & Pinched | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...Ritchard's version while holding on to a pair of women's drawers draped across a clothesline full of underthings. At the act's end, when Figaro mockingly congratulates Cherubino on his future military career, he punctuates the aria Non più andrai with a solid boot to the rump. But Ritchard's worst sin, according to the purist critics, was turning the Countess from a person of "breeding and dignity" into a delightfully sprightly lady with an occasionally roving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fight over Figaro | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...score indicates, the game was an even match, both teams playing solid football with considerable variation in strategy. The passing and running of Harvard left half Roy Williams gave Damis the foundation for both his touchdowns. First quarter fumbles showed, however, that the Crimson junior varsity still lacks polish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quakers Hold J.V.'s Eleven To 12-12 Tie | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...Texas (6-0)-continued to show solid power while trimming Rice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top Ten | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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