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Word: wildness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...destruction of our universities." Old Guard Republicans, who engineered the senate defeat, were indeed rather pleased at the prospect of once popular Democrat Williams standing before the nation as a flat-broke Governor. But responsible figures in business, labor and press were getting increasingly concerned that, in all the wild swinging, Michigan was getting a black eye that would not soon heal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: Bow Tie & Black Eye | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...North Sea overcast one day last week, a flight of planes made repeated runs on a sandbar called Grosser Knechtsand and unloaded 45 bombs. The explosions sent clouds of wild geese honking into the air, more frightened than injured, for the bombs contained only light training charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Bombs Away | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Nevertheless, honks of protest went up all over West Germany. Not only is Knechtsand a wild goose sanctuary near the fishing and resort town of Cuxhaven; it is also regularly visited by a game warden and a band of volunteer bird lovers, aged 10 to 68, who are helping build up the dunes to save the sandbar from the gnawing surf. Had they been on Knechtsand that day, they might have been killed or wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Bombs Away | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...second on a bunt by Wadsworth which caught the B.C. infield off balance. An error by third baseman Ra Stebbins on a sacrifice attempt by Gerge Harrington then loaded the bases. Captain John Davis singled to center scoring Kasarjian and Wadsworth. Harrington then scored from first on a wild throw. A few seconds later Davis brought in the Crimson's final run on a passed ball...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Crimson Nine Trounces B.C., 9-1; Wadsworth Gives Up Only 4 Hits | 4/29/1959 | See Source »

...seventh, Kasargian doubled to center and raced to third on a wild pitch by Army hurler John Rindfleish. Coach Norm Shepard called for the suicide squeeze, and Harrington laid down a perfect bunt to bring Kasarjian across the plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army Nine Edges Crimson, 4-3; Two Late Errors Lead to Loss | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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