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Word: fair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...systematic, fair and thrifty man, William divided his weekly income of ?11 ($30.80) equally between the two families, giving each wife ?5 and keeping ?i for himself. His job, like that of Alec Guinness' bigamous seafarer in the movie The Captain's Paradise, made it simple, even obligatory, for him to be absent from each of his homes for stated periods. He was careful to spend Christmas and New Year's Day alternately at either home. To avoid any embarrassing slips of the tongue, William had even arranged as far as possible to give the children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Trucker's Paradise | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...Georgia's Augusta Country Club, it was Ladies' Day for fair. Hippy, sunburned females overran the tight, exacting course and went ahead with their game even when a gusty windstorm chilled the fairways. Male club members held their tongues, for the invaders were no chattering, once-a-week golfing housewives cluttering up the greens or excavating in the sand traps; they were the 25 top players of the Ladies' Professional Golfers Association. The la dies were winding up their winter's trek with the Titleholders championship, the "Masters tournament" of women's golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Lady Golfers | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...asserted that tax rates are too high if Congress will not enforce them. If our tax system is to be kept fair, Congress must be given "the strength to resist political pressures for favoritism by supporting a tax law that permits no favorites," he demanded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Income Taxes Are Too High for Rigid Enforcement, Surrey Claims | 3/15/1956 | See Source »

According to Surrey, the trouble with these exemptions, however, is that they are given only to those with "sufficient pressures and skill to make their case appealing," and not on any fair or uniform basis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Income Taxes Are Too High for Rigid Enforcement, Surrey Claims | 3/15/1956 | See Source »

...mood of the moment), and the "how many free passes did they give" determination. Another system which is not fully appreciated is listed below. With the aid of these lists, the reviewer simply picks the words which seem to fit...or just sound nice. for great movies for fair ones for the horrid sort splendid however insipid thrilling but incredible compelling heart warming absurd captivating headlong insulting uplifting perhaps bosomy driving money-maker for a dollar skilled Oscar candidate a woman in the back row insight for Broadway one eyed cameraman grandeur bad translation not since the Outlaw depth heavy...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Take Your Choice | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

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