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Word: chins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Answer Is No. Sherman Adams' voice changed again. A sharper emphasis flattened the odd musical, soothing quality, and his chin edged forward a fraction. "Did Bernard Goldfine benefit in any way in his relations with any branch of the Federal Government because he was a friend of Sherman Adams? Did Sherman Adams seek to secure any favor or benefits for Bernard Goldfine because of his friendship? The answer to both questions is no . . . I have never permitted any personal relationship to affect in any way any actions of mine in matters relating to the conduct of my office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Man in the Storm | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...calls to the regulatory agencies by getting Adams to admit that he had quite a bit to do with the selection of appointees; he had, for one thing, recommended Ed Howrey for the FTC. Adams clasped his hands, unclasped them, gripped them again as they trembled. He pressed his chin into his fists, dueled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Man in the Storm | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...weeks, or rather a fortnight, later, unconcerned in old shoes and an odd jacket, Vag announced himself to the Parker House receptionist. When he arrived upstairs at the Scott-Hanbury suite, a somber man with an ingrown chin asked him to be seated in the entrance hall. Vag was not alone. Two familiar Cambridge faces, supported by matching neckties, were talking nearby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: By Special Appointment | 5/31/1958 | See Source »

Belle. Finally, there is the family retainer, Nathalie, a formidable old bag of moles, chin hairs and salty folk proverbs. The four women are snug and smug; they have pooled their womanish fears to put life, as normally lived, in the wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man-Eaters | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

...radio drama called Three Blind Mice. Author Christie later expanded it into a stage play, The Mousetrap, thought it might run a couple of months at best. The day after The Mousetrap gave its 2,239th performance at London's Ambassadors' Theater, thus passing the musical Chu Chin Chow as the longest-running play in British stage history.* Producer Peter Saunders gave a hotel-jamming party for a few (1,000) friends, who cheered as Author Christie presented the theater with a gold-and-silver mousetrap. Murmured she on the triumph: "I suppose it's just like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

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