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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...benefit of the voters who were watching. "A lot of our people," he said, "are frightened of war," and fear "blasts, counterblasts, lack of understanding" might lead to war. "That's why I set about my journeys [to Moscow] last February. Some people thought those a bit odd. And I think I'm bound to say that they haven't turned out too badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mission Accomplished | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...Under orders from President Eisenhower not to spill the beans of Ike's private talks with Macmillan, Hagerty fell back on trivia, soon began sounding like a parody of himself. A sample Hagerty announcement: "I have one bit of hard news. Mr. Berding∣State Department press officer∣ was asked this morning if the President was sleeping in a four-poster bed, and the answer is yes, and also if he had ever slept before in a four-poster bed, and the answer is also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Brouhaha in the Hagertorium | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...convince a million televiewers that she is alone with each one of them. The songs may be old-They Didn't Believe Me, It's Always You-but the voice comes fresh and insinuating, husky with promise. Under the spotlight, the face may seem sad, even a bit tired, but most men look twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: Men Look Twice | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...definition, it was no news when a snake bit a man in St. Joseph, Mo. a fortnight ago, and little more newsworthy when, thanks to antisnakebite serum, the man recovered. But last week the snake made news: it died as a result of the bite it had inflicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Snake Makes News | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...Indian hooded cobra, it bit the hand of William White. 32, a professional snake handler in a reptile garden. Serum flown from Miami by Air Force jet saved White. But the cobra's fangs were loosened by the heavy burlap bag through which it struck, and its jaw was dislocated when White jerked his hand away. Infection of the injured mouth killed the snake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Snake Makes News | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

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