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Word: whitmans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Clappings. By the time Wilder arrived in Cambridge, he had served as a combat-intelligence officer with the Air Force in Italy, had recently published a brilliant novel about the Rome of Julius Caesar, The Ides of March. He had also plunged deep into the study of U.S. authors: Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Emily Dickinson. Out of these, he formulated his thesis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: An Obliging Man | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...Dame aux Camelias: frail, pale, hollow-eyed and languid. To be like this type, healthy and otherwise sensible young women dosed themselves with lemon juice and vinegar. The cult of pallor extended to men and crossed the ocean so that Poet Sidney Lanier was shocked by Walt Whitman's "healthy animality." Tom Moore quotes Byron before a mirror, saying: "I look pale. I should like to die of a consumption." "Why?" "Because the ladies would all say. 'Look at that poor Byron, how in teresting he looks in dying.' " Hot & Cold. Toward the end of the century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death's Captain | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

From Walt Whitman to Lillian Smith, a distinguished company of artists have rated a place on Boston's official or unofficial blacklist. But to an ever-growing extent, their works are today being joined by such efforts as "Murderous Gangster" comics, "girlie" magazines, and over-sexy pocket-sized books...

Author: By David W. Cudhea and Ronald P. Kriss, S | Title: 'Banned in Boston'--Everything Quiet? | 12/5/1952 | See Source »

Even in the event of a blizzard, the Formal will be held as scheduled in Cabot, Whitman, Moors, and Briggs. There are will be dancing from 8 to 12 p.m. in all four dorms to the music of Half Reeves' orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Completes Plans for Formal | 12/4/1952 | See Source »

Eighty per cent of Cabot, Whitman and Briggs have not yet contributed to the Drive. Bertram and Barnard have the bighost number of contributers, but in percentages the co-operatives have given most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Charities Drive Lasts After Thanksgiving Deadline | 12/2/1952 | See Source »

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