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Word: bons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...truth. As currently produced, it offers less than it might of either. Denholm Elliott sufficiently captures Julian's wishy-washy charm. But Joseph Schildkraut reduces Mr. Dulcimer to a mere fussy epicure; and such is Schildkraut's own personality that he comes off rather more a continental bon vivant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Feb. 12, 1951 | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

Afterward, Ambassador de Lequerica, a shrewd bon vivant who has unofficially held down Spain's Washington embassy since 1948, was asked by reporters what Spain could contribute. "Spain," he replied, "is a nation absolutely ready to resist any aggression and defend Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unparalleled in History | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

Teacups & Christmas Trees. Fires were raging the length & breadth of Seoul, the result of vandalism, carelessness, or both. The Bon-Chong, the old black market, went up, and with it went at least three square blocks of ramshackle stores and dwellings. By 9 p.m. the fires were sending showers of sparks cascading down on the steel-shuttered U.S. Embassy and on the tile-roofed Chosun Hotel, where a South Korean flag hung limply in the cold. The hotel itself was completely deserted. The staff had fled during the day, and the building had the queerly disturbing air of a ghost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Another City | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

...piece would enjoy an annual polishing (with Bon Ami cleanser), probably as a rite at the vernal equinox," he mused, "and it will not resent being inhabited by one or two contemplative beings, Enjoy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'World-Tree' Graces Grad Center; Its Sculptor Advises: 'Enjoy It!' | 1/4/1951 | See Source »

...parallel between the teams carries over into the injury department. Brown is missing two starting wings and Harvard one: Bon Goldstein. All three have sprained ankles. The loss of its regular outsides didn't hurt Brown much last Wednesday, however, when it matched the Crimson's 2 to 0 shutout of UConn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Meet Brown Today; Squads Are Evenly Matched | 11/18/1950 | See Source »

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