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Word: lullabye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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In a Washington beauty parlor last week a customer under a drier relieved 16 boredom by listening to the Third Man Theme through earphones. In Boston, a dentist drilled away at a patient who was listening to Brahms's popular lullaby In New York City, a plastic surgeon about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muzak Hath Charms | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

While most of the words that Colby discusses are suggested by his readers, Colby turned the tables in 1942 by asking them: What are the most euphonious English words? The top ten by popular vote: mother, memory, Cellophane, bellboy, melancholy, belladonna, flamingo, wilderness, tambourine, lavender. Last week Logophile Colby reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mimosa, Moonbeams & Memory | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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