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Word: surprisee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fortnight ago, Minnesota's Humphrey-allied Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party gave a big push to a bill abolishing Minnesota's "costly" ten-year-old primary. Fear of the Humphreyites: G.O.P. voters might cross over in the primary to vote for Kennedy and embarrass Humphrey in his home state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WISCONSIN: Primary Scrimmage | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Outside the Washington offices of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a square-faced, silver-haired newspaperman kept vigil last week while the chamber's board voted on a new president. When the vote was in, the newspaperman got a good story for his paper-and a surprise: he had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Editor in the Chamber | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Though it has been "almost universally assumed" that a decision to launch a nuclear war would be thought "mutual suicided" by either side, Ellsberg asserted, the advantages of a devastating surprise attack on vulnerable U.S. bases, combined with the fear of being liquidated first, would make Russia unwilling to hold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Atomic War Possible In Spite of Danger, Ellsberg Asserts | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

Loyal sports page readers learned to their surprise two days ago that Ireland's Ron Delany, the world's greatest indoor miler, was risking immediate suspension by withdrawing from tomorrow night's Cleveland K. of C. Track Meet. Delany's action, according to John McCarthy, persident of the meet, constituted...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

Aside from Buick's decline and Pontiac's surge (Plymouth's drop was largely strike caused), the big car surprise of 1959 is the fast pace of the skillfully restyled Ford against the flashy new Chevy. With a strike at G.M. to give it an initial lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Back on the High Road | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

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