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Word: dreaming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beaver booster from Maine has made the latest contribution to the American tradition of combining the mystic and the commercial. Inspired by a dream in which Mamie Eisenhower accepted a fur coat from him, his organization--the Beaver Fur Trappers Association--presented the first lady with $1800 worth of prize pelts. Mrs. Eisenhower paid $385 to have a wrap made, which the trappers figured would usher in a renaissance of beaver popularity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Beaver for Mamie | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...most of them, home now means the United States. One of them sums up their feeling: "I find that this is a country where one's aim of life can be realized, where nothing impedes your facilities, and where the individual can realize his dream. The United States means a happy future," he concludes, putting his feet on the table

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Hungarian Students Recall Escape On 1st Anniversary of Revolution | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

Brown was known to be buying up Trans-Canada shares, but few suspected he had gone so far so fast. From Robert Brown Sr.. Bobby inherited the fledgling (250 bbl. daily) Federated Petroleums Ltd.−and his father's dream to become the biggest Canadian in the industry. Concentrating on buying up proven wens rather than on exploration, he had grown enough by 1955 to take over the 26-year-old Home Oil Co. Ltd., forming one of Canada's biggest independent oil producers. Home Oil managed to get 162,000 Trans-Canada shares in last spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Trans-Canada Sale | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...girl and a man with a trained bear and a wife who gives birth to a baby. By day they lie abed, or street-beg, or in desperation steal milk. By night they act out their old roles, philosophize, soliloquize, dramatize the day's rebuffs, fall asleep and dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Oct. 28, 1957 | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...film is everything a squirrel could ask for. When the animals sleep, a choir of angels breathes over them what sounds almost exactly like Brahms's Lullaby but turns out to be an original composition by George Bruns, the man who wrote Davy Crockett. When Perri sleeps, she dreams in a combination of live and animated effects, just like other movie stars, and the dream figures engage in the usual elaborate ballet-though of course they are not people, but dear little bunnies. Producer Disney has even provided Perri with a love interest: a bushy-tailed charmer named Porro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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