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Word: lightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Europe more commercials are seen in movie theaters than on TV) came a parade of chimpanzees peddling tea, a horse in a German kitchen praising a new refrigerator, the Loch Ness monster breathing fire to light a Scotsman's cigarette. American cowboys peddled Scotch whisky in Spanish, and an African witch doctor praised British beer. Victims of auto accidents emerged with their shirts clean because they had been washed with France's Pax soap. "You can always tell the country of origin without a catalogue, even if you don't spot the language." said Judge Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Oscars for Commercials | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

...night the Expo becomes a wonderland. The exhibit pavilions close; the lights go on. Little points of light flicker in the spheres of the Atomium. White illuminated stars line the upper avenues and the fountains play in many colors...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Impressions of the Brussels Exposition: Diversities, Faults Typify 'World, '58' | 10/4/1958 | See Source »

...added that one of the drawbacks of the cancellation was that it would keep the varsity from practicing today and limit them to a light drill at Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Soccer Match With Tufts Postponed | 10/2/1958 | See Source »

VOICE: "Sir, why do you drink? Do you find that it provides an outlet for your sense of logic and order? Or are you merely seeking the creative spark, the aesthetic light...

Author: By Edmund B. Games jr., | Title: A Drinking Man | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...artificial light is lost somewhere amidst the smoke and steam, but Nomily can be seen slumped over his glass. His pensive silence is suddenly interrupted by an off-stage voice...

Author: By Edmund B. Games jr., | Title: A Drinking Man | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

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