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Word: fourth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whooping Congressman. This migratory species is recognized by its raucous cry and by its frequent fumbling, bumbling, freeloading flights to exotic lands, where it lays eggs of oddest shapes. A splendid example of this rara avis is Charles Orlando Porter, 40, Democratic Congressman from Oregon's Fourth District, who returned last week from a fact-finding flight through the islands along the Asian littoral, a flight that created more embarrassment and consternation than a plague of gooney birds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Scrutable Occidental | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...baby's nanny. If the newest member of the royal family turns out to be a boy, he will be second in the line of succession after Prince Charles. If the baby is a girl, she will rank third after Anne. Either way, Princess Margaret will drop to fourth place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pink or Blue? | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...requires imagination--for a team bouncing along with convincing victories over Penn, Princeton, and Yale--to take a Saturday off to lose to Brown. It requires imagination, too, to build a reputation for abysmal fourth quarters and then to demolish Yale with three fourth period touchdowns...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Varsity Eleven Could Dominate Struggle for Ivy League Title | 11/28/1959 | See Source »

After a prolonged skein of low-scoring contests, the Crimson met Wesleyan near the end of Ocotber. Entering the last period with a 1-0 lead, the varsity proceeded to score three times in the fourth quarter. Even the first tally was the cause for mild elation, since it was the first of the season for Sweeney, who certainly had one coming. Dick McIntosh led off the fourth-period scoring, followed two and one-half minutes later by Sam Rodd on a head-in. After Rodd's goal, the varsity bench went wild; the previously injured Marsh McCall...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Varsity Captures Ivy Title, Wins Nine Sparsely Attended Games; Bagnoli, Sweeney, Hedreen Stand Out | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

...lecture," said the fourth, "we covered 16 different areas of learning. It would have been 18, but I arrived five minutes late...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Those Who Dare | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

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