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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the hecklers were government plants-a form of revenge for some of the rebuffs handed to Mikoyan and Kozlov during their U.S. visits. "Your workers," Zhukov blandly told Nixon, "expressed their point of view by throwing rotten eggs, but our workers express their opinion by asking questions. That isn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Mir i Druzhba | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

Ruth Attaway, as Serena, provides one of the most moving and memorable moments in the film. She does not actually sing "My Man is Gone Now,'" but she acts the hell out of it, and frankly it is often hard to believe that she isn't singing, the voice fits her so well...

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: 'Porgy and Bess' Opens at The Astor | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

Despite the fact thaat some of the dialogue is quite dated now, Kaufman's satiric wit bites through like a whiplash, and such lines as "Marriage isn't a career. It's an incident!'" are timelessly funny. The Tufts players seem to be having a wonderful time doing this period piece, and it makes enjoyable watching...

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: 'Royal Family' Presented at Tufts | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

Khrushchev made some remarks about washing machines, but Nixon pursued the debate: "Is it not far better to be talking about washing machines than machines of war, like rockets? Isn't this the kind of competition you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Better to See Once | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...acclaim that he floated on an air of supreme self-confidence, certain that things would be fine-so long as he won. Once, when the student paper at his alma mater, North Carolina, took him to task for "playing to win and win alone," Big Jim Tatum replied: "Winning isn't the most important thing-it's the only thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Coach | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

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