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Word: mouthes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sure?" pressed Wilson. "I'm damned sure, sir," said the driver. When Wilson was gone, the G.I. snorted: "Who's that guy?" "Why," said Herb Brownell with delight, "he's the man who makes Chevrolets." The driver swallowed. "Oh, lordy, I put my foot in my mouth, didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENT-ELECT: The Korean Trip | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...itself continued to boycott the U.N. discussion after insisting that it would pay no attention to any U.N. recommendations. The U.S., which had infuriated the colonial powers by voting for U.N. discussion of the case, infuriated both sides by refusing to tell where it stood. "We are keeping our mouth closed," explained a U.S. delegate, "because if we open it, we will get our teeth kicked down our throat by one side or the other." This week, however, the U.S. in effect came down on France's side, supporting a proposal which gingerly excludes any U.N. intervention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Trouble in Tunisia | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...babies. Only the TV crew and newsmen saw the actual incision in Mrs. Kerr's abdomen and the quick, dramatic extraction of the full-term baby. The TV audience was cut in again just in time to see Gordon, already swabbed down, get his umbilical cord tied, his mouth drained of mucus and drops put in his eyes. Gordon's response: a lusty wail. For her pains, Mrs. Kerr got a $100 defense bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Network Debut | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...tatters, but his burial jewelry made as rich a display as it had when he was interred 13 centuries ago. A jade diadem covered his skull, and chunky jade earrings lay where his ears had been. A jade mask with inlaid emerald eyes covered his face. Inside the mouth was a jade bead, and a long jade necklace hung over a beaded breastplate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Jeweled Corpse | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

Kinsey is a solidly built man with greying, buff-colored hair in a short pompadour, eyes that vary between blue and hazel, and a sensitive, rather tense mouth above a hard jaw. His wife, whom he calls "Mac," was a graduate student of chemistry, and has been a great help. Being scientifically trained, she raised no objection at all when he started his work on sex, and sometimes she helps him in the office typing confidential documents. She teaches classes in swimming, runs the local Girl Scout camp, and loves the great outdoors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Dec. 15, 1952 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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