Word: longests
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...elderly couple from Nebraska stopped by our Mexico City news bureau on the Paseo de la Reforma last week to discuss the Korean war effort. Said the husband: "We came down here on a summer vacation trip-the longest distance we've ever been away from home. We still make sure that we read TIME every week, and the Korean war news has us worried. Do you think we should go home and try to help...
...nice for an American traveling in these parts for the first time to find so many friends-personal friends and friends of my country. I think it's these little discoveries in friendship that I will remember longest. Some of them...
Politics & Statecraft. King's record as a political leader was the most uniformly successful of any democratically elected leader in modern times. Under him, the Liberal Party won five national elections. He was Prime Minister for 21 years, five months and five days, the longest term in power of any Prime Minister in the history of Britain and its Commonwealth...
...before the final, the reconditioned Patty went through a four-hour doubles match, longest in Wimbledon history (one set went to 31-29). Patty looked like a limp rag afterward, and for the singles the smart money was on wiry, 22-year-old Sedgman, whose austere training habits include calisthenics and jogging around Wimbledon Common. Patty declined an invitation to a party at a West End nightclub...
...With the U.A.W. winning $100-a-month pensions (including Social Security) for workers over 65, improved medical and hospital insurance, the second longest and second costliest strike in the U.S. automotive industry ended early...