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Word: surprisee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Patriotic," "kindly," "gentle," "sweet" and "generous" are the words that his family and friends use. His children know that he can be tender, for we have seen him rock each of his twelve grandchildren in turn, singing their favorite song, Frog Went a-Courtin'. Won't that surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 23, 1959 | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

Although no further scoring took place, there was plenty of action, as Brandeis foiled the Crimson's freeze tactics three times only to blow easy shots under the basket, each time protesting that the shooter was fouled, This may well have been the case, but since the officials seemed to...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Retaliates in Second Half To Defeat Brandeis Quintet, 74-73 | 2/18/1959 | See Source »

To keep the surprise element, daughter and son-in-law were not told that the old folks were actually back in The Netherlands, were given to understand they would only be chatting on the transatlantic phone. With the stage thus set, the old and young couples were brought together before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: This Is Whose Life? | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

"FRAUD AND DECEIT" is charged by SEC against Reynolds & Co., one of biggest brokerage houses. Chief charge in hearings opening this week: a few Reynolds employees in California touted cheap mining stocks that later slumped. Reynolds expresses "surprise and shock" at case; the men under fire are no longer with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

This lament in Varvara Karbouvskaya's Bondage indicates how tired Soviet writers must be of the girl-meets-boy, girl-loves-tractor school of fiction. The 18 stories collected in this book by Anthologist Kapp cover the years from 1934 to 1956, and many of them, particularly those written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beyond the Tractor | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

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