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Word: firelit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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BERLIN, by Theodor Plievier. The end of Hitler, Berlin and Germany, seen in a flaming novel that has the hallucinatory quality of a firelit death dance. The last book of a trilogy (Stalingrad and Moscow were the other two) that, collectively, tops the fiction of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: The YEAR'S BEST | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

Last week, sponsored by Trans World Airlines, Mr. and Mrs. Blandings (Sun. 5:30 p.m., NBC) reached radio, which is even more frightened and fascinated by sex than the movies are. Listeners were asked to visualize a firelit room, shaded lamps, a deep-cushioned sofa and a shakerful of Martinis. Against a background of Tchaikovsky, they eavesdropped on Cary Grant and Actress Betsy Drake (his wife both in radio and life), reminiscing about their courtship and honeymoon. Producer-Writer Nat Wolff (who is getting "dialogue assists" from Actress Drake) wants to picture "a very attractive couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Very Attractive Couple | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

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