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...brisk, garrulous and altogether charming novel serves to trace a few more lines on the meticulously mapped social topography of postwar Britain. New to this socially useful labor, Novelist Gallie adds a wonderful Welsh fluency, quite as awesome as the more widely notorious Irish gift of the gab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...that over a period of 20 years, Bowles has plowed through a long series of jobs that generally require the soft, sure touch of tact. What he lacked in the diplomat's pouch of tact, he made up for with a bottomless bag of ideas, a gift of gab and unswerving earnestness for his causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: STATE'S NO. 2 MAN Chester Bowles | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

...word got out when a gaggle of fashion reporters scissored into Jacqueline Kennedy's Waldorf-Astoria suite in Manhattan to gab about clothes and to see her try on some new maternity dresses ($30 to $40 apiece). Jackie, they discovered, was upset about a New York Times Sunday Magazine story reporting that many women are disturbed over her "devil-may-care chic." A housewife, said the Times, sniffed that Jackie "looks too damn snappy." The Times also went on to lift a story from Women's Wear Daily, which reported that Jackie spends about $30,000 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Devil-May-Care Chic | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

oontz (gambler's gab)-the game of craps; to crowd, push or force

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

...question, but had ended up with a $98 loss. The Liberals offered an expensive but vote-catching program: provincially sponsored hospital insurance, free college education for the talented, increased old-age pensions. And they had at last found a leader with a flair for organization and a gift of gab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Upset in Quebec | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

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