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Word: cynara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Henry Stephenson, 82, distinguished British West Indies-born actor of stage (Cynara) and Hollywood (Mutiny on the Bounty); in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, may 7, 1956 | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Summer Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Joseph Gotten in Cynara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jul. 13, 1953 | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...France a decade later. After a short spell of popularity, it faded out of the picture without leaving a mark on the structure of society in France or anywhere else." The few gourmands who still fancy that pulpy, parsnippy root, which is no kin to the conelike epicurean artichoke (Cynara scolymus), claim that the Jerusalem artichoke tastes best after it has been frozen m the ground. Most of society will doubtless remain content to leave it there, and take a chance with the subversive spud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: The Evil Root | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

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