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Word: call (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...normal" men in Group C behaved much the same way: several got morning sickness (though fewer headaches and less dizziness), and two became accident prone and three took to drink. What bothered Psychiatrist Curtis as much as anything was that physicians who referred airmen to him from sick call seemed to have no idea that expectant fatherhood could be disturbing. The military, he concludes, might well find out how many accidents or self-inflicted injuries it causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Expectant Fathers | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...else is permitted a moment's carelessness. Once, when Don Newcombe crossed up his catcher with a slow curve after taking the signal for a fast ball, Roy promptly flipped off his mask and padded out to the mound. "How come you give me the local when I call for the express?" he demanded in singsong irritation. Campy believes that his chatter helps. Says he: "You shouldn't be a dead pants out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Man from Nicetown | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

Campy was not much of a hitter in those days, but he made the most of the gifts he had. In the spring of 1936. the baseball coach at Elizabeth Gillespie Junior High School put out a call for candidates. The best boys would be allowed to play for nearby Simon Gratz High School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Man from Nicetown | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

Illustrating his procedure by picking up a candlestick, Rorimer demonstrates the connoisseur's approach: "My first question would be,-'What did this candlestick really look like originally?' I developed such a passion for cleaning art objects that museum people use to call me 'Mr. Sapolio.' Then I'd ask, 'How did it look in its original setting?' I'd try to reconstruct the setting in my mind. Now in a museum you can actually give some idea of the original setting - not much, but some. For instance, some doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Rising Connoisseur | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...physical "because of dirty fingernails." and acts as a special investigator for the "Committee on the Disposition of Useless Documents." And there is Millionaire Kilk's man Friday, whose English is by way of Harry Lev as he invokes the Roosevelt "Nude Eel," makes an "important lung-distant call" and regards any setback for John Henry as "a terrible shot to th' boy's nerves cistern." Among them, this unlikely crew make Taurum Topic A all over the globe. The Moslem Brotherhood warns that "Israeli plotters [are] at the bottom of the whole thing," the Russians claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pay Dirt | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

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