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Word: wondrously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...single country in the world who believes in the power of a Supreme Being to join in a mighty, simultaneous, intense act of faith ... a personal prayer [for] a just and lasting peace. If this mass dedication launched an unending campaign for peace, supported by prayer, I am certain wondrous results would ensue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Under God | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

Fast Learner. Namatjira's rise started when two Melbourne artists, Rex Battarbee and John Gardner, came to the bush on a painting trip and showed some of their watercolors to the Hermannsburg aborigines. Albert was fascinated. He brooded about the white man's wondrous colors, and eventually made a proposition: he would serve Battarbee as camel boy if Battarbee would teach him to paint. Battarbee agreed, supplied Albert with brushes and paints, and gave him a few pointers on color. Two weeks later, as Battarbee recalls, "Albert brought along a painting ... I immediately saw his talent. Here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bushman to Brushman | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

After that, said Manning, the government could consider "distributing directly to the individual citizens . . . an equitable share of the revenues." His term for these wondrous taxes-in-reverse: "Citizens' participation dividends." Manning did not say when this might come to pass. But for all well-squeezed taxpayers everywhere, it was a fine idea to dream about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Citizens' Dividends | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

This sketch of Keats This wondrous boy− Today I made the flowing joy− Expression mild he gives delight To one like me of failing light− Long may he live for Beauty's sake− Is the wish of W. Blake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Portrait of the Artist | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...Union College in Alliance, Ohio. The glove bears all the letters of the alphabet, and the young man wears it when among strangers so that they may talk to him by pressing the letters. Richard Kinney, 30, is totally blind and deaf, but through his fine mind and the wondrous sensitivity of his right hand he has managed to become a campus legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: It Wasn't Difficult | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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