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Word: surprisee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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As the debate waned, Minnesota's Democratic Hubert Humphrey put a parliamentary inquiry to Vice President Richard Nixon: "Under what rule," Humphrey asked the chair, "is the Senate presently proceeding?" Then came the clay's floor-shaking surprise. Said Dick Nixon: "It is the opinion of the chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Attack on Rule XXII | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

One day earlier the President had met with Republican leaders, paraded his Cabinet before them for a preview of requests to come. Health, Education and Welfare's Marion Folsom sought last session's ill-fated school-construction program, this time asked to have the $2 billion job done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: What & How Much? | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

The reason for the G-man boom is The FBI Story (Random House; $4.95), by Pulitzer Prizewinner Don Whitehead, a 20-year A.P. veteran now Washington bureau chief for the New York Herald Tribune. No mere puff job, Whitehead's book is a searching, definitive history and, though done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Most Wanted Story | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

The Crimson, surprise victims of B.U. Monday because it couldn't get enough shots off at the Terrier goalie, made over 50 attempts last night, but only a few of them really had a chance of getting past the A.I.C. goalie.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Team Edges A.I.C., 4-2; Goalie Foils 50 Varsity Attempts | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

Snow today is patently not the gentle white blanket Winter spread over the Earth in Granpapa's time. The delicate flakes, banded together like a mob of cunning females, have launched a surprise attack, changed color, and now they press for victory. The men who wrote of Snow's pristine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Cold Our Toes, Tiddley-Poom | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

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