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Word: tripped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...works backward from the knowledge of a self-luxuriating "poet's" death to the nature of it. His rich, ruthless mother had long shared her son's dubious traveled life, but when she had a slight stroke, he took a young girl cousin on his final, fatal trip. The cousin's appalling story of his death has caused the mother to have the girl put in a mental institution; now she is using her money as a club on relatives and doctor alike. Instead, the skeptical doctor (Robert Lansing) gives the girl an injection of a truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Two by Two | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...outcome, for he had feared a close match. Williams had earlier beaten Army, one of the strongest teams in the East. But despite the fact that the team had eaten nothing from seven in the morning until the time of the match, and had made the long rough trip to play on the alien courts, it maintained its undefeated string...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team In Easy Win At Williams | 1/16/1958 | See Source »

...Yardling B game was also scheduled for tomorrow, but was changed on account of the team's trip to Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman, Varsity Squash Teams Play | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

Depot 700. Tall (6 ft. 3 in.), methodical Sir Edmund trained for his trip as he trained for Mt. Everest. He and his men started with the snowfields of the New Zealand Alps, then moved to Antarctica, where for nearly a year they tested themselves and their tractors in the worst possible weather. Last Oct. 14 he set out from the Ross Sea base, led a supply train with four tractors up the Skelton Glacier to the ice-covered tableland on the far side of Antarctica's main mountain range. When he had established Depot 700 (700 miles from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Methodical Journey | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...Last Word. Crowed a Mail editorial over its icy ace: "He is among the great reporters of the world." The Express could not stand this, last week struck back with a new contest. YOUR TRIP TO THE SOUTH POLE, ran a Page One headline (then a subhead FOR OF COURSE EVERYBODY'S DOING IT). Said the story: "The winner wouldn't be alone when he got there. These days politicians-even entertainers!-are flying in 'on the milk run' almost every day. WHY DON'T YOU GO TOO!" Next day the Express announced the details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Barber's Pole | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

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