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Word: dexterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Weather or Not. In Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Vernon Johns, pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, announced church services with a newspaper ad: "Beat the heat for God. Brave a reasonable amount of heat now instead of risking too much hereafter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 11, 1952 | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...characters who bear a striking resemblance to the types that populate the never-never land of moviedom. On hand are a sultry nightclub singer (Jane Russell), an intrepid adventurer (Robert Mitchum), and an American cop (William Bendix) who is rubbed out while running down the sinister proprietor (Brad Dexter) of the Quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 12, 1952 | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...lone event of last night, Marshall broke an eight-year-standing 1500-meter record of 20:02.2 with a time of 19:03.7. Other finishers in order were Wayne Moore, Yale, Dexter Smith, Army, Joe Burnett, Yale, Phil Ware, Niagara, and Bill Yorzyk, Springfield...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Yale Plays Host Today For Eastern Intercollegiate Swim Championships | 3/14/1952 | See Source »

Chalmers struck gold simply by converting breaststroker Dexter Smith to a freestyler. He discovered he had a man who can do the 440 in the identical and phenomenal number of 4:40 flat, and who may be able to hand Harvard's Dave Hedberg his first defeat...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Swimmers Face Close Army Meet; Sextet Favored, but Clasby Is Hurt | 2/16/1952 | See Source »

Behind these two protagonists lies a shadowy plot dealing with a diamond necklace (for which Cartier, Inc. gets a screen credit), a murder, and the inevitable chase sequence: villainous Brad Dexter, absconding in a stolen car with both Jane Russell and the jewels, as pursued and overtaken by Mature in a helicopter. Besides petulantly tossing her head at both Mature and Vincent Price, Jane sings three songs by Hoagy Carmichael, and is thoroughly photographed in bed, in a glass-walled shower, and in & out of a succession of deep-plunging evening dresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 11, 1952 | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

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