Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about women since I became old enough to take notice of them is that they are getting to look more and more like men. First it was slacks, then the square shoulder, then the man's shirt with dungarees and socks, and now the crew cut. This makes one wonder whether it was worth while acquiring an appreciation of the opposite sex after...
...field of medicine, the biggest news of the last two decades has been the discovery of life-saving wonder drugs-the sulfas and antibiotics. But the most heated discussion, among doctors and laymen alike, has been about the cost of medical care...
Since that time, the nation's health has vastly improved, for many reasons. Payrolls shrunk by the Depression have swollen in boom times and given millions added buying power for medical care. The wonder drugs have worked miracles. World War II, though it killed and maimed hundreds of thousands, gave millions of men & women better medical and dental care than they had ever had before, and made them health-conscious. Group insurance has enabled many families to go to the doctor oftener-and earlier, when it does the most good...
...football season of 1949, the world had paid too little attention to talented, towheaded Quarterback Eddie LeBaron of College of the Pacific, but that was not the fault of his fans in California's San Joaquin Valley. After the 20-year-old wonder boy led Pacific (en rollment: 1,250) through an undefeated season, San Joaquinites were aghast when Eddie got no higher national recognition, for the third straight year, than the "Little All-America." Was that his penalty for playing with a school in football's minor leagues? To show how they felt, admirers showered him with...
...movie, "Guilty of Treason" is badly acted, confusing, and overly melodramatic. As an account of Cardinal Mindszenty's trial, one can only wonder why the scriptwriters had to bury it under so much superfluous and undocumented plot...