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Word: threatener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Goldman, a consistently reliable weight man, tossed the hammer further than he had ever done before, 177 ft., 9 1-4 in. This is good enough seriously to threaten Yale's Stew Thomson. In a mild upset, sophomore Dave McLean ran away from Don French to win the two-mile run with a 9:46.6, also a very good varsity time...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Crimson Crushes Dartmouth As Wills Breaks Meet Mark | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Because the Committee on the Budget would only serve as a policy advisor, there need be no duplication of investigations done by other committees. Nor should it threaten members of the four powerful congressional finance and revenue committees, who fear loss of their present leviathan power. The danger, on the contrary, is that the group would be too weak because of its diverse membership. The Joint Committee on the Economic Report has been virtually ignored for this reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Reasoned Budget | 4/29/1955 | See Source »

Noise and ball-playing in Lowell Housemaster Elliott Perkins '23 to threaten offenders with possible expulsion from the House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Perkins Threatens Rowdy Ballplayers | 4/20/1955 | See Source »

Coach Jack Barnaby, whose varsity tennis team split six matches over spring vacation against excellent competition, still has a lot to do if his team is going to threaten powerful Yale...

Author: By James W. Singer, | Title: Tennis Team Must Improve to Beat Yale | 4/14/1955 | See Source »

...people of South Viet Nam from the brink of Communism into their long-sought state of sovereign independence. No man in troubled Asia is confronted by more obstacles on the road to order and justice. The sects, in control of a third of the southern portion of the country, threaten not only his control but his life. The refugees from the Communist half of Viet Nam, now exceeding 500,000 and still pouring south at the rate of 10,000 a week, are pleading for food, housing and jobs. Inexperience-his own and his people's-make leaders hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: The Beleaguered Man | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

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