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Word: chimneyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Literal Mind. In San Francisco, Elliott Poor was booked for public drunkenness after he climbed an 80-ft, chimney, began to bellow the first verse of On Top of Old Smoky, told rescuers: "I just felt like getting high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 25, 1951 | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

There are health posters all over the place, as numerous as your advertisements. The best thing about these posters I think, is that they inform the people of the things they can all do. For instance, how they can arrange a stove chimney so that the family won't get CO poisoning, why one should go to the toilet and not on the ground, why one should not spit on the floor, etc. Many of the health posters in the U. S. say to see your dentist twice a year, see your doctor, but for people without money this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter From China | 4/25/1951 | See Source »

Last week fire-breathing readers of the Times hotly defended the paper. "Our copy of the Times burns beautifully," wrote Lady Balfour of Burleigh, "and by its very quality can be made to form a hard core which replaces and saves wood. Mr. Allison should have his chimney swept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hot News | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...three-bedroom, one-story house could be built for $9-11,000. Features: two children's bedrooms which can be turned into a large playroom by pushing aside a folding partition; a fireplace back to back with the heating unit, so that both economically use the same chimney; a living room in the back of the house away from street noises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Big Little House | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...produce an opera, using the audience for chorus. While the cast rehearses in "the school auditorium," Musical Director Norman Del Mar flirtatiously coaches the onlookers through various songs-one of which turns the audience into owls, chaffinches and turtledoves. After that, the opera itself-a period tale about a chimney sweep-is performed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical In Manhattan, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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