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Word: windowful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paused to give the tea dregs a final stir. It was an amber slush now, and not worth drinking. "Well, that's life," he said finally. Vag nodded as he turned toward the Kitchen window with his tray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Iceman Cometh | 10/15/1957 | See Source »

There, in the shadowed quiet of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dr. Porcello flung the rocks at a stained-glass window. He missed, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Later he learned that his daughter's marriage to her 30-year-old, former prep school English teacher had taken place three hours before Porcello, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, and his Roman Catholic wife hadn't objected to their daughter's choice, merely wanted her to wait until she was older. Last week, in New York Magistrate's court, contrite Dr. Porcello ("I am glad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Unreasonable Parents | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...family had outgrown a two-bedroom cottage in a predominantly Negro community a mile away. But his coming to Levittown flowered fears, jeers and widespread rumors that he was the spearhead of a Negro invasion. For days surly crowds grumbled outside his house, finally threw stones through its picture window. Bristol Township police were reinforced by tough state troopers at the direction of Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor George M. Leader ("I am ashamed," said Leader, "that this occurred in Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: War of Nerves | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...control tower" windshields that wrap up into the roof as well as around, making it easier to see overhead traffic lights. New accessories include a rear-view mirror on the left front fender that can be remotely controlled from the dashboard, a defroster to keep condensation off the rear window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: No End of Fins | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...died in a fall from a fraternity window, several others were seriously injured, and there were numerous casualties involving automobiles and their tipsy drivers. A total of 50 accidents was recorded, and President Deane W. Malott decided that something had to be done to change the existing social code...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Growing Up At Cornell | 10/5/1957 | See Source »

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