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Word: thornes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard skier. North Conway's Cranmore Mountain, whose trails are served more Mountain, whose trails are served by their famous skimobile, offers a variety of trails for most beginning and intermediate skiers. A few miles past North Conway, in the increasingly popular Jackson area, are Balack and thorn Mountains. At Black Mountain there is a 2500-foot Alpine lift, and at Thorn a 4000-foot chair lift supplemented by two rope tows which give access to a great number of trails for the novice and the expert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Great Wild Northland Beckons to Students | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

...Sharpest thorn in the varsity's side this year has been its lack of strength in the field events: broad jump, high jump, and 35-pound weight. B.U. capitalized on its depth in this department, and Brown figures ot do well in the field events also...

Author: By Robert L. Saxe, | Title: Track Team Sets Mile Relay Mark | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

...clamor for a separate Pathan nation, to be called Pathanistan or Pukhtoonistan. Once again he was jailed for subversion -this time by the Pakistan government. India's Jawaharlal Nehru called him "one of the bravest and straightest men in India" and bewailed his imprisonment, saying it was "a thorn in my heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: The Frontier Gandhi | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...Thorn of Plenty. In Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. John Henry called in private detectives to track down the people who were responsible for sending her three sweaters, two pairs of tailored levis, a $5 basket of gold chrysanthemums, a wedding cake, and a maternity wardrobe-all C.O.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...Iquitos, too. Their quest almost ended prematurely one night when Clark was bitten by a poisonous snake, a nacanaca, and was only saved because his Indian paddlers went promptly to work with the native treatment: a brew of herbs injected near the wound by repeated jabs of a thorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jungle Thriller | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

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