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Word: wee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summer long, parents of the Pee-Wee League (ages 8-10) in Ottawa, Kans. had fidgeted in the stands as their kids walked up to the plate as if to the block, eyes atremble with tears, to face Harry Murphy ("Murphy the Great") and his submarine ball. Murph awes even his catcher, Lyle Adcock, 10. "We don't have any signals," admits Lyle. "All I do is hope he doesn't throw too hard and that I can catch it." Playing it safe, Lyle wears a pair of boots under his shin guards to absorb the force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Strike-Out King | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

Thanks to you and CBS for presenting Captain Kangaroo [Aug. 3]. It is the only "children's" show my children will watch. The local shows for wee ones present old cartoons and adult commercials, and my children walk away. I would appreciate seeing Mr. Keeshan sans Captain costume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

...belated bow to 20th century custom, the Church of England Assembly voted to institute a 24-hour information service, thus spare the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, who democratically answers his own phone at Lambeth Palace even in countless wee-hours calls. "When the telephone rings at midnight," asked one assembly delegate, "is it resented as an intrusion on one's sleep or welcomed as an opportunity to spread the Gospel?" Said the Archbishop forthrightly: "At Lambeth it is resented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...have laid the foundation for my fantastic figures and caricatures." When he was 16, Feininger went to Europe to study music. Soon he switched to art and landed a long-distance job with the Chicago Sunday Tribune, drawing two comics of his own invention The Kinder-Kids and Wee Willie Winkle's World. These light-footed and sad-eyed fantasies led to his first serious paintings such as Pink Sky (see color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: EXACT FANTASIST | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...impoverished pulp, it is essential that the MDC take steps to conserve a vital resource. A foot patrol, for example, could be stationed near Weeks Bridge, ready to respond to the sounds of battle. Or locks could be installed on the switchboxes. Or the MDC officers could be a wee more observant as they speed by in their cruiser chargers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Backwash Jungle | 11/4/1958 | See Source »

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