Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free-lance industrial design consultant named A. F. (for Arnold Ferdinand) Arnold went shopping for toys to give the boy. "I found there was a dearth of creative toys," says Arnold. "Either they were very cold and sterile toys developed through clinical tests, or else they were so damn cute that a child got no fun out of them...
...playroom. Dangling from each figure (e.g., kangaroo, horse and rider, quacking duck) is a string which, when pulled, sends the wall toy into action. The Joggle Toys were designed as an answer to the problem of decorating a child's room, which Arnold sees as "either throw-uppy cute wallpaper or nothing...
...Yalie was gloating over some Corporal's sports column in "Starts and Stripes" about "Princeton Woes." Something in it about Princeton's "narrow escape with impotent Harvard." The Yalie thought that "impotent" business was pretty cute until Vag snarled "too bad you missed the Dartmouth game this year." The Eli suddenly started talking about Malloy's broken leg. The tension broke when Vag's Princeton Ensign strode up and bet the Eli that Harvard would win. Vag had always claimed you couldn't tell a Princeton from a Yalie, but any Charlie who put money on Harvard...
There is no doubting Jennifer's popularity, but no indorsing it either. She never seems very girlish or charming, nor can Janet Blair bring much beyond looks to the role. The play has bright moments and agreeable lines, but. for the most part, where it is not determinedly cute it is studiously carnal. It is perhaps enough by now that Mr. Herbert has turned youth into a commodity without also making innocence a gimmick...
...estimated $35,000). Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town television show snapped him up at $3,000 a guest performance. Mamie Eisenhower watched him rehearse for a role in Washington's Navy Relief Ball, afterward shook his hand, repeating again and again, "Isn't he cute? Isn't he cute...