Word: datedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The earliest trials were held once a year in Newgate in a building which dated from 1190. Later, in 1550, when Newgate had become too pest-ridden for the judges' personal comfort, the first of three successive Old Baileys was built next door. The two institutions were to stand...
A Matter of Hours. "Where was our Intelligence?" roared New Hampshire's Senator Styles Bridges. Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, produced a secret report dated June 20 describing intense activity north of the 38th parallel. It warned that the Communists were "capable" of launching...
The decision should not have been a surprise, since the Supreme Court had handed down a similar ruling against the state of California three years ago. But in Texas, the news struck like a tornado. Texans protested that the state's title to submerged coastal lands dated back more...
This week, with the publication of Red Smith's collected columns, Out of the Red (Knopf; $3), readers who skip the sport pages can see the reasons for all this praise. Like almost any collection of newspaper columns, Out of the Red sounds slightly dated. But Smith's...
On Broadway, spring all too often wears a wintry look, and April is the crudest month indeed. Last week two plays, one French and one American, struggled to outdo each other in making their characters and their audiences groan. As the work of French Playwright Jean Anouilh (Antigone), Cry of...