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Word: spero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spiro, spero-while I breathe, I hope-is young John Henry Johnson's motto. What he hopes for, he tells his astonished Congressman Jack Fairweather, is some of the gold in Fort Knox. Impossible, cluck-clucks Fairweather. and just what would he do with it if he got it. The answer convinces the congressman that he has been catering to the screwball vote: "I've developed a process for changing gold into dirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pay Dirt | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

Jane A. Borden '57 of Concord, Mass. and Briggs Hall was elected alternate delegate to N.S.A., and Jill C. Spero '56 of Glencoe, Ill, and Bertram Hall, sub-treasurer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Chooses Kuhlman As Student Council Leader | 3/11/1954 | See Source »

...pinned Myers with a body press at 3:50; 130-Smith (H) pinned Spero with a double arm lock and body press at 2:50; 137-Adams (H) pinned Findlay with a half nolson and body press at 6:38; 147-Iben (H) decisioned Buckstaff, 9-2; 157-Callahan (MIT) decisioned Anderson, 7-2; 167--Conant (MIT) decisioned Hubbard, 10-3; 177--Seymour (MIT) pinned D.Waring with a half nolson and body press at 7:55; unlimited--Heidtmann (H) decisioned Robertson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity, Freshman Wrestlers Win Openers From Engineers | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

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