Search Details

Word: lent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...what is happening." A merchant in Hong Kong: "I just can't wait to see the day America will be 'liberated' by the Communists. They haven't been hit hard enough to see what's coming for everybody." Formosa's new troubles lent added weight to a psychological campaign which the Reds have been waging against the Nationalists for months. The weapon: broadcasts by individuals on the Red ; mainland to individuals on Formosa, urging them to desert. General Huang Chi-chang, ex-Nationalist general who defected to Peking, addressed eight of his former colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FORMOSA: Gloom & Foreboding | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...about Miró's confession that he machine-gunned Remón with Guizado's knowledge so that Guizado could appoint Miró to a high and profitable job. Was that the whole story? Did it somehow seem too simple? Two New York City detectives, who were lent to Panama and helped get Miró's confession, pointedly stayed on for further investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Toward a Trial | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...agent, says Perlberg, and told him: "If I can't do this picture, I'll get on the train and never come back. I'll quit the picture business. I'll never make another film." Actress Kelly had her way. M-G-M lent her out to Paramount again, but this time jumped the price from the $20,000 charged for Toko-Ri to $50,000, and demanded that she give M-G-M an extra picture (her contract calls for only three a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Girl in White Gloves | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...earned the title when she survived the Titanic sinking and even lent a hand at the lifeboat oars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Social News | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...zooming spirits to fight what Figueres called "the unhappy mercenaries from Nicaragua." Boy Scouts took over traffic direction to set the cops free, and the Civil Guard freely handed out Mausers and officers' commissions (instead of pay) to the volunteers. The President's U.S. -born wife Karen lent a hand with the dishwashing at the general staff headquarters mess, and President Figueres himself broadcast a heads-up message to the people: "We don't scare with the splattering of bullets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSTA RICA: Invasion | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

Previous | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 | Next