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Word: bores (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years as Britain's ambassador, Sir Francis Shepherd, 59, a professional diplomat, saw his nation's power and influence in Iran fall to the lowest point in half a century, and bore some share of the responsibility. Disliking and underrating Premier Mossadegh, he argued long and often with him, considered Harriman's mission to try to patch things up an unwarranted intrusion by the U.S., and made it plain that he thought Mossadegh could be starved into submission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Failure of a Mission | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

...Hull Cracks. On the bridge, the captain calmly prepared for trouble. During nearly 23 years as a deep-water sailor, amiable, stubborn Kurt Carlsen had been in his share of tight spots, but he bore small resemblance to the dramatic sea dog of fiction. He had, for instance, a penchant for providing flowers for the ship's passengers. He enjoyed toiling on deck with the crew. He kept a motorcycle on the ship, and used it for jaunts ashore-expeditions for which he often donned an electrically lighted bow tie. He was an unabashed radio ham and on dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Captain Stay Put | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

...York Eye & Ear Infirmary still could not see without expensive glasses. Then a hospital worker sat down and wrote a postcard. Last week a pair of thick new glasses arrived and for the first time in twelve years he was able to read. A Christmas card with the glasses bore the name: "New Eyes for the Needy-Short Hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Spectacle Ladies | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

...these used parts is a trifling little number that Hollywood calls a family comedy. This one is just a fraction better than most such because of Actor Heflin's smooth performance and Actor Denning's amusingly obnoxious portrait of a hearty bore with big muscles and a zest for wheat germ and yogurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 7, 1952 | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

...Vadis" is colossal, all right; it's a colossal bore. M-G-M assembled a couple of dozen amiable lions, lots of chariots and other Roman go-carts, 30,000 guys in bed-sheets, and a balsa wood city, but they never did anything with the happy throng...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Quo Vadis | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

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