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Word: twickenham (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...criminally small for three-fifty!" An Old Person of Twickenham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Some New Nonsense With Same Old Lear | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

...Twickenham, England, Poet Walter de la Mare celebrated his 80th birthday with a promise: a new book of verse to be ready soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 4, 1953 | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

Died. Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller, 78, survivor of the White Star liner Titanic, which hit an iceberg in 1912 and sank with 1,500 of the some 2,200 people on board; in Twickenham, England. As the ship's second mate, he told a Senate investigation committee that the luxury liner was making too much speed through a known ice field, but admitted that after the crash he had only half-filled the lifeboats because he didn't believe that the "unsinkable" Titanic was really going under. He stayed on board until the ship reared vertically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MILESTONES: Milestones, Dec. 22, 1952 | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Edward Keeling, Tory member for Twickenham, asked Griffiths: "Can the Minister say if it is true, as was reported in the Daily Telegraph, that the new director of the scheme has stated, 'I hate chickens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Scrambled Eggs | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., Australia's (and Yale's) Swimmer John Marshall, to set a new U.S. record for the 440-yd. free style. Marshall's time for the 20-yd. course: 4:33.6, breaking Ralph Flanagan's 13-year-old record by 3.4 seconds. ¶In Twickenham, England, a French international rugby team over England's best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

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