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Word: wrights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last January they counterattacked. In a swift and skillful political coup, while Craig was keeping a speaking engagement in Topeka, Kans.. they ousted Noland Wright, pro-Craig chairman of the Republican state committee, and installed 32-year-old Paul Cyr, an O.S.S. veteran of World War II, handpicked by Jenner and Capehart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Four-Party System | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

...Lindley and Virginius Dabney) to rate the 100 most significant events in history. First place: Columbus' discovery of America. Second: Gutenberg's development of movable type. Eleven events tied for third place. Tied for fourth place: U.S. Constitution takes effect, ether makes surgery painless, X ray discovered, Wright brothers' plane flies, Jesus Christ is crucified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fourth in Importance | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

Tech, once-beaten and three-time victors over the Crimson, won the Joseph Wright Trophy by edging defending champion, Princeton by six feet in 7:10.1 over the mile and 5-16th Henley course on Lake Carnegie. The other two colleges to reach the varsity finals were Pennsylvania and Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Crews Lose As '57 Eight Wins On Henley Course | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...Albert-Margo act is something new for Waldorf-goers, who are accustomed to such chic acts as French Singer Patachou, Pop Songstress Martha Wright, Spanish Dancer José Greco. Eddie and Margo generate an old-fashioned vaudeville atmosphere, mixed with overtones of marital give & take. The audiences like it, and when Eddie hollers, "There's no business like show business," he seems to be having the best time he's had in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Virtue of Nightclubs | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Packard Show (Sun. 9:15 p.m., ABC). Martha Wright, with Ray Middleton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 26, 1954 | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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