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Word: tonga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other M.P.s in the Commonwealth -not in India or Ghana or far-off Tonga -would have put up so long with so many hallowed inconveniences. The Houses of Parliament, which grew out of Edward the Confessor's Palace of Westminster, sprawl over eight acres of Gothic mazes, including 1,100 rooms, eleven quadrangles and 100 staircases. But aside from Ministers and the Leader of the Opposition, not one of the 630 M.P.s has an office all his own-or even rates a permanent desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Room for the Hon. Members? | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Last year's star at left wing, Langi Kavaliku from Tonga, has returned, and with Charlie Rowe gives the Crimson one of the fastest pair of wings in the Eastern Rugby League. At the center positions, the starting slots are still undecided, but coach Dick O'Neil has much to work with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Squad Shows Great Depth; Expects Strongest Season in Years | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

Mysterious Trenches. An ocean-bottom problem that fascinates all oceanographers is the origin of the deep troughs that are found mostly in the Pacific. The deepest ones, e.g., the Tonga Trench, the Marianas Trench, have narrow V bottoms that are clear of sediment. They are uneasy parts of the earth's crust. Deep-focus earthquakes rumble out of them, and generally volcanoes spout near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ocean Frontier | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

...kept her royal composure drinking soapy-tasting kava in Fiji and eating breadfruit in Tonga, while laka laka dancers whirled about her to the eerie music of nose flutes. In Jamaica, the Queen was unruffled when an idolater threw his cream-linen jacket at her feet and prostrated himself, crying, as the police hauled him away, "I want the Queen to walk on my coat-I love the Queen!" Rarely did the royal nerves give way, but once, in New South Wales, the Queen and Prince Philip seemed to be squabbling as their closed car whisked through a town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Redeemed Empire | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...basketball, each player must have the ability to improvise. They must be able to pass at any time and take immediate advantage of an opponent's mistakes. This awareness grows with practice, and the backs have now become a quite mobile unit. The teams highest scorer, Langy Kaviliku from Tonga, and O'Neil, who grew up in Dublin, are both excellent passers. With center David Holmes they pose a big problem for the opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commonwealth Sparks Crimson Rugby; Squad Anticipates Spring Victories | 4/10/1959 | See Source »

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