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Word: turning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ambitious young idealist comes to Washington with An Idea. A humanitarian botanist, he has developed a new kind of soil in which vegetables grow to enormous size. He merely needs a rather amusing ingredient. "I turn gold into dirt," he explains. And, not only as the central issue for a comedy, this is quite a pleasant idea...

Author: By Larry Hartman, | Title: Good As Gold | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

...really. Our conversation sure is takin' a puhsonal turn...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Baby Doll | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

After its convincing defeat of Dartmouth last Saturday, the varsity hockey team will, in effect, turn its eyes to the scoreboards until the Yale game on March 2. The game with Williams at Williamstown this afternoon should not alter this waiting game that Crimson coach Cooney Welland's team must play...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Sextet Favored to Defeat Williams | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

...whole building smacks of clubness and Harvard, from the pheasants in the kitchen freezer waiting their turn to appear under glass, to the dozen squash courts and the manly bar. The first floor has the traditional reading room, liberally stocked with newspapers and magazines. Beyond it is the hall with its traditional back-gammon tables so popular with club members. Filling out most of the rest of the Floor with its enormous dimensions (50'X100'X3 1/2 stories) is Harvard Hall with its traditional chandeliers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Club of Boston | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

Varsity basketball coach Floyd Wilson is a very happy man today. After a discouragaing two and a half years as the team's mentor, Crimson fortunes finally seem to have turned. Moreover, his own strategy decisions were in no small way responsible for this favorable turn of events...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Favored Crimson Quintet Plays at Williams Tonight | 2/19/1957 | See Source »

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