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Word: cleverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...home. For primitive man needs praise as much as the urban intellectual. Sam's priceless reward was seeing the revulsion in a native woman's face at sight of him change to admiration when she saw his carvings. To Bachelor Sam she whispered: "Ah, but you are clever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wonderstone Wonders | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...girl's a clever one, and gay, I plan for her to marry well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: PHYLLIS McGINLEY'S SAINTS WITHOUT TEARS | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

Anthony Quinn, a bank teller who has lost his memory, has it jogged by the police, who want him to remember that he has robbed the bank and killed a man. Quinn, clever enough to know where memories are likely to get lost, sets out on an intimate rummage through the bedroom of every pretty girl he wishes he remembered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 21, 1954 | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

...merely drinking wine did not make a dent in the surplus, Dillon could run wine in its showers, and the Department of Buildings and Grounds could spray the shrubs with rich, red, life-giving fluid. Naturally, late working students would burn the midnight wine, and clever students would lever be devising new means to use up the surplus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bordeaux to Go | 5/28/1954 | See Source »

Though their parts afford less opportunity for satire, William White as the rival poet, and Sara-Jane Smith, as the milk-maid Patience, add some clever acting to the production. Along with excellent leads, Patience is served by a chorus of British soldiers and love-sick maidens who enthusiastically catch the G & S flavor. Adele Hugo's choreography and the direction of John Benedict keeps this cast moving through well-timed routines. In the past, disappointing performances have made the Winthrop opera a risky luxury for Gilbert and Sullivan fans. This year, Patience is a necessity...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Patience | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

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