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Word: magically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...around the U.S. scooping up pledged delegates. By January, the Ike forces decided that the "only question" had better be answered quickly. With considerable transatlantic furor, they brought forth an announcement: Ike is a Republican; he will accept the nomination, if offered. But it was soon apparent that the magic words had not produced the desired effect. There was no great G.O.P. swing toward Ike, although he continued to be an overwhelming favorite among independent voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Ike, Where Are You? | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...turns, Frankie handles his role, and the script's quip-studded dialogue, with cocky, easy charm. By his tricky phrasing and showmanlike delivery, he gives a lift to a score full of old hits, e.g., You're a Sweetheart, When You're Smiling, Old Black Magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...rubber and celluloid collars and mustache cups, there are now lists of lipstick, perfume and hormone creams -plus 37 pages of foundation garments ("I dreamed I went shopping at Sears for more Maidenform bras"). Most expensive item: diamonds (up to $1,795) -on the cheaper rings, "magic reflector settings make diamonds seem larger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The General's General Store | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...also discovered that she had "the divine gift" of an artistic temperament, and found a more artistic name to go with it-Cobina. And then one night, when she took stage fright at the prospect of singing the Queen of the Night in a third-string production of The Magic Flute, 16-year-old Cobina had her revelation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Oregon Cyclone | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

After Burt Lancaster comes a little stinker called The Magic Face. William Shirer narrates an idiotic story about how Hitler died. You guessed, it Luther Adler, plays the Feuhrer...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Ten Tall Men | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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