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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...narrow 219 votes (with Labor a poor third) and became the new M.P. from Torrington. Mused a Devon farmer in corduroy breeches and leather leggings: "The Liberals may be no better'n no worse'n the others-but they might be better; can't tell till...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Liberal Revival | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...paratrooper named Jean-Marie Le Pen, who is a far-right-wing Deputy in the National Assembly, reported to Cuevas that there were no grounds for a reconciliation, told him: "I've just come from a meeting with Lifar's seconds. We've decided not to tell either you or Lifar where the duel will take place, because you're sure to blab about it. We'll take you there at the last moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gav Blades | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

Advice to the Faculty. Franklin Clark Fry has rarely had doubts about what to think, and the certainty of his background helped. Heinrich Frey, a mechanic who traced his ancestry to William Tell, arrived in Pennsylvania from Germany about 1670. His descendant Franklin Clark Fry-the third in a row to enter the Lutheran ministry-grew up in Rochester, where his father was pastor of the Church of the Reformation. The small Fry showed an early attachment for the church; at the age of four he was heard to warn a friend: "You keep off! This is my father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The New Lutheran | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...victims it was different again, and so on down a long list of physical and mental illnesses, including cancer and various heart diseases. Though hopeful, Dr. Price and colleagues were cautious. It will probably take five years to decide whether the telltale test tubes are truthful, and whether they tell the same story to different physicians reading the results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pushbutton Diagnosis? | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

...only embassy that does credit to the United States"). Said one U.S. architect, just back from India: "The effect is of the Parthenon, with the pierced marble screen of Delhi's Red Fort and the white of the Taj Mahal. In the sun it's going to tell a terrific story." Cracked Frank Lloyd Wright: "Why not call it Taj Maria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: More Than Modern | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

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