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Word: dish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...current offering at the Tufts Arena Theatre, The Chrysalis, an experimental play by Norman Ashton, is a curious bill of fare. One is tempted to regard it as an exotic dish, for which one admires the ingenuity and curses the indigestion...

Author: By Petronius Arbiter, | Title: Chrysalis' Opens at Tufts | 7/11/1957 | See Source »

...were satisfied with heads and galleys which were functional but inconveniently located. Women won't have it that way; they want galleys in the open, where they can call up the deckhouse easily, and they want plenty of space. The galley has automatic hot-and cold-water systems, dish racks, food-storage cabinets and the main cabin has wall-to-wall carpeting, overstuffed couches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Down to the Sea | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...finds the rough-and-tumble of politics a noisy bore. Once, during a particularly tedious Cabinet session, he murmured something about having to leave "for urgent reasons," went to a side door of the Casa Rosada and hailed a taxi. He rode to a teashop, had a leisurely dish of ice cream, taxied back to the office, gravely rejoined the session. Junta meetings seem more natural to him. Aramburu greets his high military counselors casually: "Hello, Rojas. Afternoon, Admiral. General, how are you?" To them he remains "Senor Presidente." There is always some banter and small talk before the junta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Rocky Road Back | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

...among the highly mortal immortals of TV has been a triumph-if that is the word-of manner. Ford has the warmth and expansiveness of a Baptist revivalist, some of the relentless cracker-barrel wit of an Alben Barkley or Will Rogers. No hayseed, he has parlayed his deep-dish Southern accent and soft, self-deprecatory ways into hard money. Says his manager: "He appeals to old people with his hymns and spiritual songs. He has a tremendous appeal to little youngsters because of the name Tennessee Ernie. He is handsome enough and his low, masculine bass voice gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: High-Priced Pea Picker | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

...libs most of her 17 minutes of lines. With mother in charge, she hurries home, gets to bed by 9. For all her fame and Susan-sized fortune (weekly salary: $600), Susan has not become bratty. Last week her composure was put to the test: when Susan put a dish of dog food before Rusty, he lifted one leg and washed away network hopes of luring a dog-food sponsor. Susan was not fazed. "Some say the camera is a monster," says she. "But I just visualize those little red lights as all the people watching, and I feel fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Susan in Wonderville | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

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