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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard, and his 6-29 Radar Set, now owned by M.I.T. After turning in his current cover (his 166th to be published), TIME editors asked Artzy to play turnabout, portray a mechanized version of Artzybasheff (see above). Said Artzy: "I'd like to psychoanalyze myself, but there isn't time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jun. 24, 1957 | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...Isn't it a gorgeous turnover?'' cried a happy Tory housewife in Winnipeg. Canada's turn to the right was indeed a spectacular surprise. The secondary significance dawned more slowly. In a breakdown inherent in the parliamentary system, the Canadian voter had balanced his choice so nicely that the country was assured of a minority government. Canada faced the prospect of a temporarily paralyzed domestic and foreign policy, and another election within a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Upset | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...think for one moment that he's conscious of what he's doing." On sex: "We have it on the brain too much. That's no place for it." On the deity: "My own belief is actually very simple. I believe that if there isn't but one God, there ain't no God." On love: "Whether you're a schoolteacher, advertising man or missionary, a great part of love basically will still be sex. Naturally, when I say love I'm not talking about those sudden urges or something that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 17, 1957 | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

...wife (Joan Collins) because she drinks too much and smooches too little. Meanwhile, the salesman is pitching for the blonde: "I have depths, honest. I think I have." And back at the depot the highway patrol drops in on the driver's wife to see if maybe she isn't good for "a slice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 17, 1957 | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

...isn't really a matter of conformity. The roar of the twenties was also a sort of conformity; the goldfish swallowing, the ukuleles, 'coon coats, and straw hats were standard gear in every college town from Des Moines of Hanover. But it was a standard of abnormally, and that was what made it delightful. The personality, the character, the eccentric were warmly welcomed in every group, on every campus. Novelty was pursued with feverish intensity; if you could discover a new way of spending time, flagpole sitting for instance, your reputation was immediately established. And, while girls were flapping...

Author: By Robert H. Neuman, | Title: The Anonymous Generation | 6/12/1957 | See Source »

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