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Word: combs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...audience watching Nasser's parade of military power, a burly, heavy-faced man in a white suit smiled contentedly and ran a comb through his mop of greying hair. Frozen-Faced Molotov's successor as Soviet Foreign Minister proved a man of many mobile impressions (see cuts). A year ago Dmitry Shepilov came to Cairo as editor of Pravda; a few months later came Nasser's arms deal with the Communists, which set Nasser up in business as a man no longer dependent on the West alone. Now, as Foreign Minister, Shepilov was, back to inspect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Visitor Bearing Gifts | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

...keep from scratching up their own coiffures. But the most pampered were the poodles. Ch. Wilber White Swan, a tiny (just 6 Ibs.) four-year-old poodle, patiently put up with hours of clipping, shearing, shampooing (with bluing), and. of course, the inevitable, endless bout with brush and comb. Some 70 toy poodles, including eight of Wilber's get, stole the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Poodle Triumphant | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...There wants to be a revolution," the father used to say. "What do these rich folks care for the poor man-their women don't even comb their own hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Younger Brother | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Winston, mannerly and conscientious, was never late to meals. So when he failed to answer mess call one day last month, a search party was organized to comb the rugged heights of the Rock. They searched every crevice and called the ape loudly by name. No answer. Last week Gibraltar officialdom issued a sad bulletin: "Rock ape Winston has been missing since ninth December and must now be presumed dead. He is, accordingly, struck off the strength of the fortress from that date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GIBRALTAR: Where's Winston? | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...want to read." It is also one method of developing a pupil's story sense, of training him to think of a chain of events in proper order. Meanwhile, the teacher also sharpens the eye and the ear. If a student cannot distinguish sounds, if he circles comb when he should have circled cone, he may end up insisting that the President had a hardtack, inviting people to his horse for dinner, and taking his cat along to class when he should have taken a catalogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: THE FIRST R | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

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