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Word: turnings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...April 13 letter to the Kremlin leader, Eisenhower said negotiators at the stalemated Geneva talks then could turn to further discussion looking toward a general ban on such tests. That would include detonations in outer space and under-ground...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Eisenhower Calls for Quick Ban On Surface Nuclear Explosions; Red China Criticizes Dalai Lama | 4/21/1959 | See Source »

...part, the church is well aware that the military mind needs some special retooling before being turned loose on a flock. Says the Rev. Peter Curgenven, General Secretary of the Central Advisory Council, which is in charge of training the swelling ranks of officer-clerics: "These chaps have to learn that they can't issue orders for people to turn up at church-or court-martial habitual sinners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Parade Ground to Pulpit | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Corporations happily supply information to security analysts and customers' men, whose firms turn out some 50,000 market letters annually. Public-relations firms are hired to plug a firm to the public. Their performances are often judged on how high the publicity pushes the stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECULATION: Wall Street Can Help Curb Its Excesses | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Dave Bohn's stiff neck deprived the Crimson of a few goals they might otherwise have received. Bohn, high scorer on the varsity, was unable to make backhand shots or turn his head quickly to see the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Squad Loses Initial Ivy Match to Cornell | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...sight gag category. Then, as now, parody was one of the movies' strongest sources of comedy, whether it was Will Rogers playing Robin Hood, or Ben Turpin as the latin lover. The best visual humor, only fleetingly dealt with here, was really the "dictionary of facial expressions" which could turn answering the telephone into a momentous occasion...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: The Golden Age of Comedy | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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