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Word: southwester (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When American schoolboys learn about prehistoric cave paintings, they are usually taught about the ones at Altamira, Spain. Enthusiasts may go on to study those of Southern France, Africa and Australia. Amazingly, the nation's own Stone Age art treasures-mainly concentrated in the Southwest -are seldom mentioned. Yet amidst the labyrinthine grandeur of Arizona's Canyon de Chelly (pronounced shay) are thousands of caves, largely still unexplored by white men, where Indians long lived and left samples of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Prehistoric Pictures | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

Seven died at Leander, 25 miles southwest of Alexandria. Two were killed when the tornado ripped through Tullos, 40 miles northeast of Alexandria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tornado Buffets Louisiana, Injures 20, Wreeks Homes | 12/4/1953 | See Source »

...tour will cover the Southern states, the Southwest, and the West Coast. The return trip will include Utah Colorade, and Missouri...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Song Groups Plan Spring Tour | 12/2/1953 | See Source »

...downed Iowa State 47-0 to win the Big Seven title for the sixth year in a row, clinch an Orange Bowl bid. Oklahoma's probable New Year's Day opponent: second-ranking Maryland, which trounced Mississippi 38-0. Texas took over the top spot in the Southwest Conference (and a probable Cotton Bowl bid) by downing Texas Christian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: For Prestige | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Died. Lieut. General James Tillinghast ("Nuts") Moore, 58, oldtime (since 1921) aviator, who led the First Marine Air Wing in the Southwest Pacific in World War II, and later commanded all Marine aircraft in the Pacific; of a heart attack; in Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

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