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Word: janes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went to the zoo or to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, his father put it all into rhyme. Even his evening prayers ("Oh! God Bless Daddy -I quite forgot") and the tantrums of his little friends ("What is the matter with Mary Jane?") worked their way into the repertory of mothers, nannies and children on both sides of the Atlantic. Billy's stuffed animals came to life as Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo. As if these animals were not enough, Milne invented some others, e.g., the Heffalump and "a sort of a something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Man Who Hated Whimsy | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

...Jane Franklin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM BEN'S LETTERS | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

When widowed Vice President Alben W. Berkley took handsome Widow Jane Hadley as his wife six years ago, two 14-year-old youngsters became moonstruck, were photographed passing up the wedding luncheon delicacies. Instead, they devoured each other with shy lamb eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 9, 1956 | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

Last week, at another wedding luncheon, the two were at it again, but this time the festivities were for them. Beaming over the victuals were Army Corporal Thomas Hulen Truitt, 20, grandson of Kentucky's Barkley, and his dark-eyed bride, Jane Everett Hadley, 21, daughter of Jane Barkley. After a fortnight's honeymoon, the newlyweds will hop to West Germany, where Corporal Truitt's service hitch will end in June. In the genealogical tangle created by the new family tie, Tom Truitt clearly got the happiest break: his severe mother-in-law is also his lovable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 9, 1956 | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

When Contributing Editor Michael Demarest and Researcher Jane Meyerhoff were working on the cover story, they were astonished at the extraordinary number of people interviewed who spoke of the toymaker with the same warm affection that children have for Santa Claus. It was hard for them to believe that one man could have so many-and such distinguished-friends. But since the story appeared, Marx has received more than 1,000 letters from politicians and priests, generals and industrialists, grand dames and schoolboys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publisher's Letter, Jan. 2, 1956 | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

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