Word: fancifulism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The rest of the white paper seemed completely fanciful. TIME Correspondent Harvey Rosenhouse, who by chance had visited Tacho Somoza's Tamarindo estate a fortnight ago, toured the whole area and was able to vouch for the fact that there was nothing like a training camp there.
In a melodrama of this sort, Gabin's realistic touches provide an ironic contrast to Pepe's fanciful vision of freedom. The depraved gangster, trapped by both police and conscience, is forced to hide in the friendly surroundings of the native quarter. Ultimately his love for freedom and for the...
The detail from the lithograph reproduced on the opposite page shows some of the natural sources of electric power and a few of the men whose philosophical and scientific knowledge helped open up the mysteries of electrical energy to man. The other panel (overleaf) is a fanciful melange of the...
Balzotti's committee issued a statement asserting that his non-existence was a "fanciful story," and that the class should write in his name. The Union Committee said, however, that no vote for Balzotti will count.
¶ A wartime poster for Britain's Ministry of Food, featuring "The Vegetabull," a fanciful creature formed by carrots, turnips, celery, tomatoes, cauliflower, etc.