Word: horned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Connally blinked happily through the horn-rimmed spectacles hanging on the end of his nose. He had his own compromise resolution all ready. It would request the President to 1) consult with key congressional committees before sending troops, 2) make certain that the other NATO countries are doing their share, 3) give Congress periodic reports on how things are going. This week there was not much left for Connally to do but hear Robert Taft ("the American people are being deliberately misled") and Herbert Hoover. Next step: the committees will smother the Wherry resolution and substitute Connally...
Squinting through horn-rimmed glasses with the air of a frightened and maligned owl, Young took the stand to deny all. He complained that he had done nothing to merit the Senators' charges, that as a result of what the committee had said, the press was distorting his private life into "a Roman holiday to amuse the readers." His troubles, sighed Young, stemmed only from the fact that "I was born in Missouri and I know certain people from my home state...
...current hit at Manhattan's snooty St. Regis Maisonette is a young man with a crew cut and horn-rimmed spectacles. His tenor has a shower-room exuberance about it, and he looks more like a fugitive from an Ivy League library than a nightclub entertainer. As he picks up the beat of Happy Go Lucky or It's a Lovely Day, he bounces on the balls of his feet, catches his thumbs in his trouser pockets and flashes a boyishly toothy grin. With his air of the self-satisfied sophomore, 26-year-old Russell Nype has made...
...months ago, Russell was just one more ambitious young singing actor with wavy hair and a pleasant voice. When Nype was signed for the juvenile lead in Call Me Madam, Co-Author Russell Grouse got him to put aside his contact lenses and put on horn rims. For the show's sake, willing Russell Nype has had his hair mowed down to a studious stubble. On opening night, he and Ethel Merman stopped the show with the hit duet, You're Just in Love, have been stopping it ever since...
...minister smiled expectantly at the three men and four women who were gathered around him in a parish house in Manhattan. "Well," he said, "anybody want to start?" A lanky, well-groomed young man with horn-rimmed spectacles and a crew cut spoke up. "I had a funny dream about Walter over there last night," he began...