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Word: wrights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense, Prince Mishaal Ibn Abdul Aziz proved to be a man worth his escort. After a tour of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, one of his secretaries handed a guard a princely tip: $500 in bills. It's impossible," the man stammered. "I can't accept anything like this." Said the secretary: "You can't refuse. The Prince insists you take it for all the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 3, 1951 | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

While chewing on a meat ball in the Lowell dining hall last night. Wright encountered "something hard" which was discovered to be a .300 calibre bullet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meatball Bullet Plot Has Bellboys Baffled | 12/1/1951 | See Source »

Some Lowell House amateur sleuths were inclined to doubt that the bullet indicated a careful plot to eliminate Wright. "The .300 bullet is commonly used in high-powered elephant rifles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meatball Bullet Plot Has Bellboys Baffled | 12/1/1951 | See Source »

Local investigators were still baffled last night over what seemed to be a deliberate attempt on the life of John C. Wright '54 of Lowell House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meatball Bullet Plot Has Bellboys Baffled | 12/1/1951 | See Source »

Howard C. Kelly, chairman of the committee, has asked Harry N. Wright, president of City College, to produce the records of all members of last year's championship basketball squad for the hearings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CCNY Files Probe To Open Monday | 11/23/1951 | See Source »

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