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Word: cupidities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...apparently it had something to do with the kind of medical care he got during his illness. A moment later she dashed over to the President's physician, Major General Howard Snyder, 78, and bussed him heartily. Shouted Ike gaily: "Tell her I'm a Cupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Reflections of a Spirit | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...itself concerns a short-on-cash, long-on-ego moviemaker and a sizzling-tongued actress he corrals for shotgun movie heroics on the eve of her society marriage. Communicating by insult, the two keep throwing knives at each other without for a long time realizing that they are actually Cupid's darts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Oct. 20, 1958 | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...They were, and are, all mad." said Horace Walpole of the noble Gordon family. Perhaps the maddest of the lot was Lord George Gordon,* hero of this excellent study of a neglected piece of British history. He attained notoriety in childhood, dressed up as Cupid at a soiree, by shooting visiting King Stanislaus of Poland in the face with a silver arrow. Unfortunately, destiny cast George Gordon for the leading part in a far more horrendous 18th century shooting match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Zion's Bagpiper | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

...belong to somebody?" asks the shy Dutch student on a sudden impulse. The girl in the bright yellow dress smilingly answers no. It is Zurich in the invasion spring of 1944. but any day is D-day to Cupid. The arrow of love pins Anthoni and Catherine together in a brief, bittersweet affair. Only when they try to pull apart do the lovers discover that the arrow is poisoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two for the Seesaw | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

Ideal Girl. By last week they were holding hands and looking deep into each other's eyes. Said Barbara: "Univac is a pretty good deal." But an old beau disagreed, and next day Linkletter received a message: "Dear Cupid: I come to you asking that equity be done for a grave injustice to me. The girl that might have possibly become my wife was taken by you and Univac and given to another. I therefore request that you bring to me the one ideal girl who can replace the one I lost and make my life whole again." Mused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Electronic Cupid | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

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