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Word: caesar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gods (who never used their real names) were established on Samothrace before the Greeks arrived. For 1,000 years their priests grew fat on the votive offerings of well-heeled worshipers. Ulysses reportedly was a member of the cult; so was L. Calpurnius Piso, father-in-law of Julius Caesar. But in 395 A.D. the worship of the Great Gods was suppressed by the Christian Emperor Theodosius, and their temples were abandoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

Your Show of Shows (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca. Guest: Eva Gabor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Oct. 1, 1951 | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

Over the last eleven years. Defense's Bob Lovett has held down three important top policy-making jobs, just a short taxi ride across Washington from Capitol Hill. But Lovett, a tall, slender man with the poise and features of a balding Caesar, has nimbly sidestepped the publicity that might have made his name known even to Bill Langer. In a time of crisis, he is well content to work in the shadow of greater names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The General's Successor | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...that the committee's usefulness was far from exhausted, demanded further explanations. But the A.F.L., for the moment at least, had nothing further to say about its decision to break up housekeeping. A.F.L. Vice President William C. Doherty delivered the official reply: "We've come to bury Caesar, not to discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: House Divided | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...contrast to the changing orientations of most variety shows, the major theme of the show is [sex]. Emphasis is placed on the glamor of the girls, Ken Murray makes cracks with sexy overtones . . . The audience has no strongly formed loyalty to him as a personality-in contrast to Sid Caesar, Jimmy Durante, and some others-but likes him as a relaxed and amusing guy . . . The sexual-musical combination is appealing, perhaps especially so on Saturday night, the universal 'dating' time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Tastes in Television | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

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