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Word: magically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...treaty of peace. As a reporter for the Irish Times put it: "There was no rejoicing in Fethard-on-the-Sea yesterday, but there was a new air of hope in the village. Obviously, however, [the boycott] will not disappear as though by the wave of a magic wand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fethardism | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

...what we want to conceal. But on the stage behavior has to be expressed intentionally, not concealed. This is the basis of the difference between drama and real life. And it is why true stories always make the worst plays, and why dialogue is the magic that will tell whether people are talking in life or on the stage...

Author: By Anna C. Hunt, | Title: Johnston Considers Position of Dramatist | 8/14/1957 | See Source »

...Truest Type. Dick Russell was able to work his magic-make disciples out of followers and converts out of adversaries and victory out of defeat-not because he is a Southern hero in the Senate but because he is a Senate hero who happens to be from the South. He basks in the tradition, the reticent splendor, the interplay of interests, the quests for compromise of the chamber that have been called a Southern institution. With incomparable style he translates his Southern virtues and personal virtues-courage, courtesy, consistency, consideration for others, hard work, good faith, sense of history-into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Rearguard Commander | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...table, and a heavenly choir was heard in the distance. As nothing has been heard from him since, we presume that he is dead ... He was a nice man, untidy but gentle, loved by all in spite of his insane desire to be loved by all. He believed in magic. He did not work as hard as he should have. But in spite of the severity of the critics-who generally understand music 50 years after the public-Mr. Menotti's music should be commended for its honesty, simplicity and clarity. Ah, let's see, what else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 12, 1957 | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...funny, but would be a great deal funnier if Newby had made the smile on the face of his souvenir sphinx a little more inscrutable. Missing is the magic touch of the old master, the young Evelyn Waugh, whose clown's bladder was deadly as a blackjack. Newby's hurts no one, not even the Egyptians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rose in No Man's Land | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

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