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Word: poinsettias (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity will have several more warmup contests before Ivy League play begins in earnest. The schedule: Dec. 12 at M.I.T. Dec. 16 Northeastern Dec. 17 Tufts Jan. 1-2 Poinsettia Tournament Jan. 8 at Columbia Jan. 9 at Cornell Jan. 13 at Dartmouth Jan. 16 Dartmouth Feb. 5 Cornell Feb. 6 Columbia Feb. 9 Boston College Feb. 12 Yale Feb. 13 Brown Feb. 19 at Penn Feb. 20 at Princeton Feb. 26 Princeton Feb. 27 Penn. Mar. 4 at Brown Mar. 5 at Yale

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Five Beats Ephs, 68-67, Warding Off Last Period Rally | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

...Crimson will enter the Poinsettia Tournament at Greenville, S.C., against The Citadel, Furman, and Bucknell. The netmen will also meet Columbia (away) on Jan. 8, Cornell (away) on Jan. 13, and Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball, Hockey Schedules Released | 11/28/1959 | See Source »

...Virginia's Hampton Institute, where Harry was in training. He immediately recognized her as "everything I ever wanted," assured her that she would marry him some day, and departed for more training on the West Coast, leaving her with his signet ring, a gold locket and a white poinsettia. He served in the Navy as a storekeeper, was discharged after 18 months without ever getting overseas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADLINERS: Lead Man Holler | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

KNCU's five-story headquarters in the town of Moshi is in itself a symbol of the Chagga's progress. Built around a flowering courtyard of bougainvillaea and poinsettia, it not only houses offices and auction rooms, but also one of Tanganyika's few public libraries. Soon KNCU hopes to build a $15,000 community center for plays, concerts, art and agricultural exhibits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TANGANYIKA: Look What We Can Do! | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...lavish Student Club, built out over a man-made lake eight miles southwest of the center of Miami. With gifts from local citizens' groups and a few Manhattan millionaires, he built ultramodern classrooms and breezeways. He lined his walks with palm trees, planted flowering rubber bushes, poinsettia and bougainvillea. This year Miami's enrollment climbed to a total of 10,000 students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Phenomenal Phoenix | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

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