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Word: upper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this is a typical example of the way matters of worldwide importance are disposed of, our upper legislative chamber is degenerating into a deluxe home for the aged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

...aesthetically if not financially sensible King Lear. Here he is living in an America of monthly payments, You-Auto-Buy-Now, Eisenhower and Lestoil, taking advantage of all that a middle-class world can offer, and, at the same time, maintaining fiercely the values and the pride of an upper class whose world has really ceased to exist...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: The Rare Aristocrat | 4/26/1958 | See Source »

...character. "I think one must dress for other people...one should dress according to one's class. That's an important thing with me, class. In America, class is determined by money. That is not right. It is true that in the United Kingdom many persons in the upper class have lost their money, but that doesn't matter It depends on family. The upper class is not doomed, because it is a necessity...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: The Rare Aristocrat | 4/26/1958 | See Source »

Huxley's Horrors. Each took his time and made a horror comic of it. The characters are British middle and upper class of the great inter-bellum years-but Huxley's are drawn with a Daumier-like fascination and disgust, Waugh's by the lunatic but precise line of a Ronald Searle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Antic Antiques | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

...minutes later, however, Cornell retaliated, as an attackman found the upper right corner of the cage from 20 feet out on the right side. The Red held its lead until halftime, as the Crimson got off very few shots at the goal...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Lacrosse Team Beaten by Cornell; Attack Ineffective in 7 to 2 Defeat | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

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