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Word: grinningly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...squiggled his signature at the bottom of the Holland bill, which returns to the states the control of offshore oil lands within their historic limits. As the bill became law, one of Ike's cardinal campaign promises became fact. He swung around from his desk with a broad grin for the assembled group of Congressmen and Senators-mostly Southern and mostly Democrats-and asked where "Mr. Sam" was. Texas' Sam Rayburn stepped forward, shook hands warmly, and whispered something in the presidential ear which left Ike roaring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Promise Fulfilled | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...wish Ike would wipe that eternal grin off his face and make a few enemies. McCarthy, for instance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 18, 1953 | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...Billy Budd. Neither remembers who first suggested it since both had specialized in Melville as undergraduates. After the Experimental Theatre produced the play in '49, they rewrote it for an interested Broadway producer. "We did it in six days over a barrel of Martinis," Chapman remembers with a contented grin. "God, what a wonderful time...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: The Genial Hermit | 5/5/1953 | See Source »

Layman Paul's . . . external tools seemed to consist of shovels, jeeps, telephones, duplicating ink, endless quantities of coffee, and the raucous use of about five words in Japanese- mingled in unpredictable ways, but always with a wide grin . . . (REV.) WILLIAM J. CHASE Ex-chaplain, Far East Air Forces St. James' Church New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 6, 1953 | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

President Conant may tire of Germany and return to Harvard, Dahl of the Boston Herald suggests in today's cartoon prediction. At least, Harvard's next president will have Conant's grin and subordinate facial characteristics. The only difference will be a superfluous mustache and sideburns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 64 Dahler Choice | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

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