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Word: affair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Grace is well cast as the princess, and glides with shy detachment through the regal love affair, ever dressed in cool blue or white. After the first twenty minutes the audience begins to suspect that she is not acting...

Author: By Michael G. Mayer, | Title: The Swan | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

Headlong Course. From then on, Comfort Me with Apples runs a headlong course-Chick's affair with one Mrs. Thicknesse, his efforts to keep Nickie from marrying his sister, and then the full-time job of finding a job for Nickie. Crystal announces a $65 alienation-of-affection suit, but doesn't go through with it because nothing had really happened with Mrs. Thicknesse (later Chick decides that an affair is like Turkish coffee: "The trick is to stop before you reach the grounds"). Poor Chick is a loser even in small things. When he chides a waiter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Funny & True | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

...filling station in Anniston, 60 miles from Birmingham. According to the plan, a mob of 150, led by an officer of the North Alabama Citizens' Council, was to have stormed the auditorium and kidnaped Cole. Only the six showed up. So serious was the police view of the affair that two were charged with assault with intent to commit murder, the four others on lesser counts of conspiracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: Unscheduled Appearance | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

Also included are: one invisible fiery monster whose footprints are "incredibly large," the usual green sky, two moons, and the beautiful craggy countryside. In the big love affair between the space ship's captain and the scientis's daughter, Anne Francis is successfully taught the secret of the Earth people's popularity: they kiss well. Thus the picture again proves the tale of outer space: the forbidden planet is Hollywood...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Forbidden Planet | 4/14/1956 | See Source »

Well that's all for now because I must speak to the cabin boy who has a cousin who sings in the choir of the Monaco Cathedral. Oh the entire affair is just too thrilling. Even the cabin...

Author: By Melissa FAITH Hearstwood iii, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD CRIMSON) | Title: Divine Grace | 4/11/1956 | See Source »

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