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Word: flatterers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next time your little lady allows as how attendance at the U.T. is non-U and not at all Ivy League, and she hopes you will flatter her sensibilities by emptying your pocekts for a single feature, just stuff her mouth full of popcorn and lead her down to the first row in front of the downstairs reserve section. I'll be there...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Let Them Eat Popcorn | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

...quality is lost [in the copy] by a manipulation of the brush that imitates Rembrandt's strokes but loses control of their modeling function," wrote Rosenberg. "The transitional tones, so essential for bringing out the modeling in its full range, are gone, and the face has become much flatter in detail and harsher in its value contrasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Saint Redeemed | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...Their sole aim seemed to be to crush one another. Their standard of play is better than we have ever seen." Said Hoad, who is only too happy to explain how he has hopped up his game to match the wondrous power of Gonzales: "I'm hitting harder, flatter, trying to drive the other man to the base line. Either he can slam a hot one down the sideline or he can go for a cross-court drive. Now I always cover that sideline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tight Tour | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...telegrams are still delivered on the Friday program and opened on Monday, Actress Payne insists that cliffhanging is not "the appeal of our story." "Our characters are lovable, often funny human beings-family friends." But in accordance with the canons of daytime serials, Ma is carefully constructed to flatter the female ego. Says Actress Payne: "Everyone knows more than Ma does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Life with Ma | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...projection angle from 90° to 110°, the new tube cuts 4 to 6 in. off cabinet depth, up to 50% off bulk. Herbert Riegelman, G.E. TV general manager, calls the new "slim line" the "industry's first opportunity for planned obsolescence," hopes that the new flatter sets will bring TV back into the living room as the old bulkier set is relegated to the playroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: The Bottom for TV? | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

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