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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fitness Report. In London, the Times ran a classified ad: "Tired, bored, lazy army officer resigning from infantry regiment. Incompetent, drinks too much. Seeks employment, not too much work, London area. Age 28, looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISCELLANY: Miscellany, Dec. 14, 1959 | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Bygone Banners. Fiery Party Chairman Barbara Castle had opened the meeting with an old-style appeal for public ownership as Labor's great cause. "It's no use waving the banners of a bygone age," replied Gaitskell. "Nationalization, on balance, lost us votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Inquest at Blackpool | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...conveniencing" foods can be considered the expense of maid service. Says Charlie Mortimer: "If you compute the relative costs of the two types of meals versus the time spent by the housewife, the housewife is getting the services of a maid for 45? an hour. My sons pay teen-age baby sitters more than that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Just Heat & Serve | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Closely allied with the revolutionary F.L.N., Chaalal, age 30, denounced the French for "massive repression" of F.L.N. leaders. "Although the French have tried to decapitate our movement," said Chaalal, "the repression has only reinforced our desire to fight for independence at any price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Algerian Leader Presents Case For Independence From France | 12/4/1959 | See Source »

...graffitos (or 'sgraffitos) are fairly rare birds, even in this modern age of marvels, and it took quite a search to find a suitable artist. The hero was finally secured, however, as everyone knew he would be, and one fine summer day he and his 16-year-old son came to Quincy and perpetrated a graffito, all blue, yellow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indigestion and the Arts | 12/4/1959 | See Source »

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