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Word: compartmentation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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With his compartment full of roses and a huge bouquet in his hand, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky was on his way back to Moscow from Paris. While photographers' bulbs flashed and Soviet officials bowed & scraped, newsmen fired questions about the spectacular failure of every Russian proposal put to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Orchids for Andrei | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

Welin Davit & Boat has used its experience in building Navy lifeboats to turn out a new unsinkable, all-steel 26-ft. pleasure cruiser. Built with two large steel air tanks under its cockpit deck, it stays afloat and can run on its own power even when full of water. Its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Ship Ahoy | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

A Missing Mongol. Arrested, Meurant promptly confessed to both his identity and the murder. Then he changed his story. The killer, he swore, was a Mongol, a Soviet agent in U.S. uniform, otherwise known as Operative B 13. He himself, Meurant obligingly told the police, was in reality Soviet Operative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Droll Fellow | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

In a deceptively slow opening sequence, "Clouded Yellow" follows ex-espionage agent Trevor Howard as he goes job-hunting in an inconspicuous white Jaguar SS. Eventually he finds employment in a lonely country mansion where Jean Simmons--beautiful as ever--is being driven mad by her conniving step-parents. Then...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: Clouded Yellow | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Strictly for high brow crap games, this set of dice and roller will mark the recipient as a man of the world, whose fame and fortune are made on the next throw. It can also be given to those who play other games involving dice. The five dice fit into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Gift Suggestions... | 12/13/1951 | See Source »

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