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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The seven young men, introduced in Washington, were candidates for the mark of becoming the first human to travel in space. Despite the rub-a-dub-dub of press-agentry, they emerged as ordinary, hardworking, courageous airmen who were willing to chance death in the hope of finding the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Spirit of Prometheus | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Kennedy is determined to campaign as the man "going to the country for a decision," thus be able to march on the Los Angeles convention as the people's choice. To do it, he is willing to run in the primaries that would do him the most good: Oregon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Campaign Opener | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

We congratulate the Deans and the University Administration for attracting better qualified students. Yet at the same time we would be willing to take their word for it that we are all getting better, for the sake of raised academic standards. Daniel M. Musher '59

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOWNGRADING | 4/15/1959 | See Source »

Of all the arms of Communist power in Iraq, none is more effective than the People's Court, which the Reds have virtually converted into an independent arm of government through which they focus pressure on Kassem. Presided over by Kassem's cousin, Colonel Fadhil Abbas Mahdawi, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: The Dissembler | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

But the slipstream knifing through the battered B-47 cockpit was bitterly convincing. Obie's agony as he tried to open his eyes against the blinding force was painfully evident. And if old airmen winced when the flight control officer yammered and yelled into the tower microphone, broke in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: High Adventure | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

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