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Word: wonder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Light. Like other first-rate intellects, Von Neumann had an uncanny gift for explanation, and the wonder of clear communication in his abstruse field happened whether he was talking to a packed lecture hall or to a single listener. He would grin, draw a few symbols on the blackboard, say a few simple words and grin again. Then, little by little, a new kind of light would begin to shine on the most difficult subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Cheerful Mathematician | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

Full of Life (Columbia) is full of sex. And the sex, for a wonder, has nothing to do with Hollywood's usual sex substitutes-sin on silk, cheesecake photography, the cult of chest. Full of Life is full of a healthy, warmhearted, get-married-and-have-babies kind of sensuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 18, 1957 | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...beginning to wonder...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Latter Day Poetry | 2/13/1957 | See Source »

...wonder, I worry...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Latter Day Poetry | 2/13/1957 | See Source »

...Gaffney, who now runs for the Army. It all seemed so easy that even Tom was surprised to hear his time: a world-record-equaling 1:09.5. In the mile, Ron Delany, the Irish Olympian out of Villanova, loafed along in fourth and fifth place, leaving the crowd to wonder whether a long bout with virus and the banquet circuit had sapped his stamina. On the next-to-last lap he kicked into his sprint and supplied the answer. Looking over his shoulder at U.C.L.A.'s Bobby Seaman, 6 yds. back, Delany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 11, 1957 | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

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