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Word: headedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charlie Kettering became an inventor, perhaps the most successful of his day. He changed a nation's way of life, partly because, like the nation in which he lived and of which he partook, he respected both the theoretical ("Why is grass green?" he asked-and one of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Man with the Wrench | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

The oil of the Persian Gulf pumps its steady stream of dollars, and new trade agreements, like the one with Italy which guarantees Iran the lion's share of a 25-75% split, will certainly affect the 50-50% deals that have been standard with British and most U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah's Gamble | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

The Cowles family picked tough ground for missionary work. In tradition, at least, the nation's heartland has long been indifferent to foreign news, except in time of war. Buzzing gadflies in this calm atmosphere, the Cowles papers go far beyond filling their front pages with stories on international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Cowles World | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Belt of the Muse. In moments of introspection Musician Engel thinks of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. "That genius," he says, "wrote to order. He had no time for the muse to belt him." If the muse has failed to lay a glove on Engel, it is chiefly because he moves too...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Man-About-Music | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

The Last Hurrah. Spencer Tracy as the curly-headed machine politician (James Michael Curley, that is) who ran Boston in blarney and shamrock oil.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Dec. 8, 1958 | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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