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Word: kern (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eventually the whole mess, truce talks and all, was dropped into the threshing machine of a U.S. presidential election. Bitterness overflowed against Korea, the allies, the U.N. and all its works. "The war in Korea," cried Senator James P. Kern of Missouri, "is a stalemate, a treadmill, a yo-yo war . . . Our allies take the cash. Our boys take the bullets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: KOREA: THREE YEARS OF WAR | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...liner abreast of the French Line pier, he did not hesitate. Quick as an eel, he wheeled the Ile around and slid her into the slip in just 19 minutes. Even the pickets cheered. The glory and honor of France were unblemished, and the 1936 song of Jerome Kern's was laid to rest.* "When you are a sailor," explained Captain Garrigue to admiring newsmen, "you must never worry." Then he went off to splice the mainbrace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Unsnug Harbor | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...sparring or spooding, invoking or insulting. Cupid and his cards are just so much rubbish tomorrow. And while they burn, the CRIMSON physicist cautions readers to keep in mind Kern's Principle: "When your heart's on fire, you must realize, smoke gets in your eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cupid Capers in Cambridge | 2/14/1953 | See Source »

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (Nancy Walker, Louise Carlyle, David Craig; Walden LP). A fetching collection of ten off-beat tunes with lyrics ranging from innocence to sophistication. Only three are by Ira's brother George; the others are by Vernon Duke, Kurt Weill, Aaron Copland, Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jan. 26, 1953 | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

Born. To James Kern ("Kay") Kyser, 47, North Carolina University cheerleader who became a bandleader and radio star (the College of Musical Knowledge), then retired to his old college town, and Georgia Carroll Kyser, 32, former model for Chesterfield ads: their third child, third daughter; in Durham, N.C. Name: Amanda Kay. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 17, 1952 | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

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