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Word: sure (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keeping himself informed-so he can help keep the President informed. "When I am dealing with the President's business," says Jerry Persons, "I am not going to act without adequate consideration. I may take a little bit more of his time, but I want to be sure to get all the arguments on both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: The New Look | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...Gettysburg Country Club, rolled to within 10 ft. of the pin, stopped. His fourth rolled smartly toward the cup, dropped with a pleasant plunk for a par. Said smiling Dwight Eisenhower, having added a polished ending to his rusty first round of golf since Augusta last November: "It sure feels good to get a round under your belt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Four Days Away | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Nobody could say for sure how it all began. And nobody, for that matter, particularly cared. The fact was that spring had come, and U.S. college boys, jaded by past triumphs in 1) goldfish swallowing and 2) panty stealing, took up last week a new game called Telephone Box Squash. It started in South Africa, sped on to England, and by week's end was the rage in California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Number, Please? | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...late 1957, was not published except in classified form, and not all scientists agree that it was the first such proposal. Professor Fred Singer of the University of Maryland is said to have written an earlier paper but kept it secret on official request. Christofilos himself is not sure. Says he: "I knew Fred Singer was in the same area, but he had no security clearance, so I did not discuss Argus with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Up from the Elevator | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...village, all the clues point to Gunten, a peddler with an unsavory reputation. When, under third degree, he confesses to the murder and then commits suicide in his cell, the local chief of police and everyone else consider the case closed-all except Inspector Matthäi, who is sure the murderer is still at large. A childish school drawing made by Gritli before her death gives him the clue he needs, and he goes to work-alone, since the other cops will not help. When he is dropped from the force, Matthäi opens a gas station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mystery-Plus | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

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