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Word: virginia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...works this way: Davidson lost to Furman by one point; Furman topped West Virginia by eight, giving Davidson a seven-point edge over the Mountaineers; West Virginia, in turn, defeated Pittsburgh by 16 points; and the Panthers obliged, upsetting Notre Dame by a three-point margin. The total differences give Davidson a 26-point advantage over the Irish, and the Crimson a 35-point edge...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/5/1952 | See Source »

Tobin counted New York, California, and Illinois in the Democrat column; Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, Republican. "McCarthyism will probably lose Massachusetts, and win New York for Stevenson," he opened. He guessed that the South would stay "solid" with the exception of Virginia...

Author: By William M. Execher, | Title: Politicos Labor at Polls All Day; Predict Victory for Own Favorite | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

...probable Rose Bowl entry, over Illinois, 40-12; Michigan over Minnesota, 21-0, for the Little Brown Jug; Iowa, scoring its first Big Ten victory in two years, an upset of Ohio State, 8-0; unbeaten Duke, one of the South's best, over unbeaten Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jimmy-on-the-Spot | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Sutton at the Piano (Circle LP). An inventive young (29) white man who lost his heart to ragtime, Sutton catches a lot of the bounce-and a lot of the warmth-of the great Negro jazzmen. His repertory is authentic: Drop Me Off in Harlem, I'm Coming Virginia, Love Me or Leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Married. Virginia Fortune Ryan, 19, daughter of U.S. Industrialist John B. Ryan, granddaughter of the late Banker Otto Kahn, great-granddaughter of Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan; and Lord Ogilvy, 26, heir to the 300-year-old Scottish Earldom of Airlie (two castles, one lodge, 69,000 acres) and onetime favorite escort of Princess Margaret. Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, four other members of the Royal Family and 800 guests witnessed the most glittering Anglo-American union since the 1895 marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Ninth Duke of Marlborough; in St. Margaret's Church, London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

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