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Word: makeweight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...score. Next day behind a sand dune, Egan has a "soul-shaking experience" with the lady, but Mitchell is victorious in the end. He tells his wife that if she leaves him, she must also leave the old plantation. In the book the plantation was no more than a makeweight for the whole way of life it implied. In the picture it merely looks as if she loves her fun, but oh, that real estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 14, 1955 | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

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