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Word: twomey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arthur C. Twomey has a talkie machine which will show, among other wonders, "strange air plants, mountain tops bathed in mist, rare butterfly orchids and a view from the acropolis at Copan." Massachusetts Audubon Nature Series, New England Mutual Hall, today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND EVENTS | 3/17/1956 | See Source »

...fire violence flared briefly when four men ambushed and shot three Negro sugar-mill workers, wounding them slightly. The four were promptly arrested. Said Governor Robert F. Kennon: "I feel it is my duty to publicly state that such acts will not be tolerated." Said Jesuit Father L. J. Twomey of New Orleans' Loyola University: "The workers are apparently willing to take whatever risks are involved to free, if not themselves, at least their children, from this environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Cane Mutiny | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

After futile efforts (above) to remove the machine, Sergeant James Twomey of the University police phoned its owners, Warren Brothers of Cambridge. The night watchman had no idea how to start the thing, but promised to dispatch a pick-up truck before morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Night-blooming Steamroller Squashes Conant's Crocuses | 4/18/1950 | See Source »

...third quarter the other runners started going by ... I kept telling myself to stick with them and they kept passing me . . ." As the crowd roared at the action on the steep turns and in the short straightaways, Yale's tall George Wade took the lead. John Twomey of the Illinois Athletic Club shouldered past him. With 2½ laps to go and Gehrmann apparently in trouble, Wilt swung ahead of the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Mile | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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