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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your cover story on Nasser shows again that your evaluation of a man's policy and character doesn't rest on the integrity of this policy but on how harmful or helpful the man is to the West. Every so-called pro-Western government in this area has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 25, 1958 | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Every pressroom has him-the unobtrusive character who is not a professional newsman but who is always around, his duties uncertain, his status undetermined, tolerated and even liked by the pros. But few can boast a more memorable character than Vo Song Thiet, a tiny, bespectacled Vietnamese who bicycled into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hunger for Justice | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Diane Lawson was not practicing the world's oldest profession, but one of its newest; she was collecting contestants for TV's talent-hungry quiz shows. Once they heard her pitch, the people Diane propositioned probably figured that they were headed toward quizdom's glory. Few realized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The People Getters | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Gradually a corporal's guard of regulars formed, including gifted Pianist Jose Melis, suave Announcer Hugh Downs and Singer Betty Johnson, who all served as Paar's foils. The regulars became as familiar as comic-strip characters. Leading characters at present : Genevieve, French singer with a haphazard haircut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

But on the ABC show, says Jack, "a fellow named Ernie Walker ruined me. He sold the network a bill of goods that he had a machine to analyze comedians." Walker's machine reported that Jack got laughs all right but that he had no character, like Benny'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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