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Word: webster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Golfer Betsy Rawls, 23, of Austin, Texas, the Women's National Open, with a 72-hole total score of 293; in Atlanta. In third place with a 299: veteran Professional Mildred ("Babe") Zaharias, who only last month helped cure Winner Rawls of a fast-developing slice. ¶ Choate Webster, 26, of Lenapah, Okla. and his horse Popcorn, permanent possession of the $5,000 Sam Jackson silver trophy; at the Pendleton, Ore. Roundup. For the third year in a row, Cowpoke Webster topped the field in steer roping, calf roping, and bulldogging, became the first cowboy to retire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...place has changed," he might murmur, and his words would be echoed by the shades of John Endicott, George Washington, and Daniel Webster--all of whom dwelt on the spot known today as Scollay Square...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: Saturday Night in Scollay Square: Burlies, Girlies, Bars, and Bums | 9/12/1951 | See Source »

Across the street, where Epstein's Drugstore now stands, was an inn that housed President George Washington during his visit to Joan Hancock, Harvard 1754. Later Daniel Webster opened his law office in another building on the same site...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: Saturday Night in Scollay Square: Burlies, Girlies, Bars, and Bums | 9/12/1951 | See Source »

...Webster's New International. Please tell your readers (and me): is it accented on second or third syllable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 30, 1951 | 7/30/1951 | See Source »

Last week he arrived at the DaiIchi every morning at 8, drove his subordinates without mercy. As each draft of each message to the Reds' came up from his joint planning group, he went over it word by word, referring often to the Webster's unabridged dictionary which he keeps handy, inserting a new word here, dropping an unnecessary phrase there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEASE-FIRE: Sunday in Kaesong | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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