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Word: turnings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...polling places in 630 parliamentary constituencies throughout the British Isles this week, 34 million voters will decide whether to give Britain's Conservative Party an unprecedented third straight general election triumph. Upon their choice will turn the management of Britain's foreign policy, economy and continuing social revolution for anything up to five years to come. Last week, as it became apparent that this glittering prize was genuinely up for grabs, Britain's politicians took off the gloves and began to slug it out barefisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: In Dubious Battle | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...potentially delinquent boy years before he lands in court the Gluecks mainly pinpoint what they call the "five highly decisive" factors in family life: father's discipline, mother's supervision, father's affection toward his son, mother's affection, cohesiveness of the family. In turn, each factor is measured by degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blueprint for Delinquents | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...ranking U.S. orchestras. The son of a stocking manufacturer, he started playing the piano at four, was giving recitals in his native St. Louis when he was six. By the time Frager graduated with honors from Columbia (major: Russian) he had already won several piano prizes, and taken a turn about a European concert circuit. What mainly impressed Leventritt judges was his bold and apparently effortless attack, his ability to strike emotional fires that sharpened rather than distorted the logic of any piece he was playing. While almost everybody else fidgeted nervously at last week's finals, Pianist Frager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fanfare for Piano | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Wonder why they electrocute a man, baby, Lord, at the one o'clock hour at night, The current much stronger; people turn out all the light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Folk Hunter | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...Pont held). Another 20 million shares would be "sterilized," i.e., not voted at all. These are the shares held by the officers and directors of Du Pont and the two other Du Pont family-controlled companies: Delaware Realty & Investment Co., which controls Christiana Securities Co., which in turn controls Du Pont. Furthermore, no longer may Du Pont and G.M. have mutual officers, directors and employees. That means that G.M. will lose five of its 33 directors* unless they choose to give up their Du Pont positions. Altogether, said the court, these restrictions will amply satisfy the Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Victory for Investors | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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