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Word: coatings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...house the night of the primary vote in Minnesota. You say it was to be "a black tie dinner." It wasn't. There wasn't a black tie there, and the "red tartan dinner jacket" that Stevenson wore is not a dinner jacket but a dilapidated spare coat. You say "with only his really good friends in politics invited." There were two people for supper at his house that night: Stevenson and a friend from out of town, George Ball. Stevenson's law partner Bill Wirtz and his wife arrived about 10 o'clock; later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 23, 1956 | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

Spoiled Sport. In Baltimore, spotted walking along the street at night clad only in shoes and a string of pearls, Bonita S. Schapiro, 25, was hustled off to the station house with a coat thrown over her, complained moodily to the cops: "Every time I try to have a little fun I get into trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 23, 1956 | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...practiced prohibition for years, wears a stickpin, dresses with a flourish, disdains tobacco and sniffs at sports. Bradley is a roly-poly (5 ft. 6 in., 160 Ibs.) Briton who arrived in the U.S. at the age of seven, a casual dresser who often appears in mismatched pants and coat, a keen southpaw golfer and a Scotch drinker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Automatic Shift | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

Trying to win a coat for his bride-to-be on his second question during Friday's show, Bowman could not name the West Virginia senator who died recently, Harley M. Kilgore. However, the couple is eligible to appear again today as the program went off the air before Bowman's answer-time had elapsed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Ruins Chance To Win CBS Prizes | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

Audience now wildly prancing, dancing, flinging arms, tossing legs, screaming, shrieking. "Stop it," demands hall manager. Handkerchief jabbed into coat pocket, trim, with cold eyes, he strides to center stage, faces band. Holds up arms, band stops. Crowd doesn't-just gets wilder. Boos, whistles, stomps. Is Concertgebouw licked? Ars longa? No! Administrator plunges into corridor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazz Trouble | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

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