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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take the Communist threat seriously or that it is now taking it so seriously in its own land that freedom and tolerance are at stake; that its overwhelming prosperity would get it dangerously out of step with the rest of the world or that any American recession would spell disaster to the free nations-may well get impatient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: A Bow to the Colossus | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...show's top rating, however, is an inadequate gauge of the spell which Webb has cast over the U.S. people, both young and old. There is hardly a child above the age of four who does not know and constantly voice the brassy notes (dum du dum dum) of Dragnet's theme music. Phonograph records (St. George & the Dragonet, Little Blue Riding Hood, Christmas Dragnet) which parody Dragnet's terse, low-keyed dialogue have sold 1,326,000 copies, and Sergeant Friday's calm "All we want are the facts, ma'am" has become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Jack, Be Nimble! | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

...winter heat spell which Boston has been enjoying since Thursday will pass eastward over the ocean today. Arctic winds, following in the wake of a small storm will move eastward to cool Boston and vicinity to seasonable temperatures by tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mid-Winter Heat Wave Will Break, Freezing Temperatures Predicted | 2/23/1954 | See Source »

...SPELL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time News Quiz: State of the Union | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

...Bruin is notorious in a spoiler role, especially on his own ice. The varsity has not won at Providence since 1950 and twice last year Brown upset a heavily favored Crimson team to spell its chances for the Pentagonal title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Team Faces Brown In League Contest Tonight | 2/10/1954 | See Source »

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