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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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For nearly a quarter of a century the closest friend, steadiest supporter and likeliest successor of Thailand's shrewd and urbane Premier Pibulsonggram has been his chief of police, General Pao Sriyanonda. A heavy-lidded ladies' man who puts almost as much trust in his private astrologer as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: The Democracy Way | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Border Traffic. Police Chief Pao is a man with interests in 20 businesses. In Thailand there is no business like the dope business. The U.N. Narcotics Commission brands Thailand as one of the world's biggest opium trade centers. On several occasions, Pao's police made a great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: The Democracy Way | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

At first requisitions were few, and Florentines were amused at the procedure. Scouts spotted an empty villa. In great secrecy, La Pira signed the requisition or der the night before. Next morning early, the decree was delivered to the owner. An hour later, before the hapless owner had time to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Little Political Pope | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Wonderful Business. In her dressing room between shows, munching a tired-looking sandwich and listening with one ear to cries of "Lillian!" from the street below, Entertainer Briggs surveyed her fast, dazzling rise. "It's wonderful! I love the whole business." The rough rock 'n' roll mob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Love That Moo | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Pete Kelly's Blues (Warner), the second movie that Jack Webb-the big gun on TV's Dragnet-has directed and starred in, is pretty much the same old dum-de-dum-dumfounding stuff, but set in ragtime. Webb has cast himself this time as a sort of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 12, 1955 | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

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