Word: lip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Between Cup & Lip. In Memphis, after Christine Doss came down with a case of chicken pox, the Baptist Hospital postponed her coronation as "Queen of Health...
...favoritism and no laziness in New Jersey; if something is wrong with a car, it does not pass. Illinois has a similar system. In both states these inspections have cut effectively into the accident rate. Mechanical failures can be a prime cause of auto accidents; Massachusetts is only paying lip service to the job of preventing such failure...
...nobility of bullfighting. He succeeds best, if at undue length, in picturing the bull ring much as he showed the prize ring in Body and Soul-as a commercialized racket that feeds its parasites, thrills its fickle crowds and lacerates its heroes in body and spirit. Despite some lip service in dialogue and commentary, he fails to do justice to bullfighting as an art, a code of honor, a yardstick and symbol of courage...
...Better Way. "The majority of physicians still give only lip service to the emotional aspects of the problems of the patient," says Dr. Truman, himself a veteran of 17 years of happy and successful general practice in Oakland, Calif. "There are plenty of capable physicians, the need is for physicians who are nice to people...
...gambling casino near New Orleans controlled by New York's Frank Costello. Smiley's reward for these questionable services was "a small piece of property." What kind of property? "Well, it may have had a few oil wells on it/' said Al, and departed with curled lip...