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Word: surprisee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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In a Houston high-school auditorium, 350 depositors in Texas' U.S. Trust & Guaranty met in an angry mood last week. They were gathered to discuss ways to get back the savings they lost when Albert Benton Shoemake brought U.S. Trust down into bankruptcy (TIME, Dec. 26). In the middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: Scandal in Texas (Contd.) | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

The two new forward combinations, tested with success in Saturday's win over Dartmouth, gallantly rose to the occasion. Bob Owen, Lyle Guttu, and Pete Summers, encouraged by a fluke screen shot score earlier by Dennis Little all batted the puck past hapless Providence goalie Eddie Hornstein in the closing...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Varsity Sextet Defeats Friars, 5-4, With Four Scores in Third Period | 1/11/1956 | See Source »

In her New Year's honors list, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II rewarded 702 Britons for their services to the Crown, produced only one surprise: no peerages to Laborites. Elevated to the Order of the British Empire: veteran (64) Thriller Spinner Agatha (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) Christie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 9, 1956 | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

U.C.L.A.'s WILLIE NAULLS (6 ft. 5 in.) was another impressive surprise. Built like a fullback, he bounced up and down court with inexhaustible energy. His wide variety of shots floated to the baskets with a sure, scoring touch. In the tournament final, while he and his teammates were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Picked for the Pros | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

Under lackluster Dr. Hubert Ney, 62, the pro-German Christian Democrats (an offshoot of Konrad Adenauer's West German C.D.U.) rolled up 25.4% of the vote. The Social Democrats took a beating (14.3% of the vote), trailing far behind the supernationalist right-wing Democrats (24.2%), under ex-Nazi Heinrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SAAR: Going but Not Gone | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

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